Boys' name · since 1974
Mayur
Since 1974, U.S. Social Security records show 197 babies named Mayur, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 197
- total births
- 1974–2017
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
Mayur is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 197 have been recorded since 1974.
Mayur has 197 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2017.
- 197 total births
- 1974–2017 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 31% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mayur's 197 recorded births place it above 71% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mayur's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mayur splits its recorded history at 1994: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mayur popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2017
- Peak year (1988)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Mayur by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Mayur's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Mayur births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 62 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Mayur's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (62 total births) through the 2010s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mayur: Baby Name Since 1974 - 197 Births, Peak 1988." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mayur. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mayur draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.