Girls' name · since 2015
Mayve
132 babies named Mayve in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,121 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,997 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 132
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mayve is the #2997 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 132 recorded since 2015.
Social Security Administration records show Mayve recorded 132 times among girls since 2015, holding rank #2997 nationally today, ahead of 83% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #24,121 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,997 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 132 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mayve ranks #24,121 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,997 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 132 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,121 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,997 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 132
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mayve's 132 recorded births place it above 66.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Mayve compares
132 29th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mayve's all-time total is 65% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mayve | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 132 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 56 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mayve's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mayve's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 76% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 24%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 8 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 56, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mayve popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 56
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Mayve by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (124 births, 94% of the file).
2020s was Mayve's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 94% of all-time use.
Mayve births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
- 2020s
2020s
124 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 124 births (94% of all-time use).
Mayve by state
Where Mayve concentrates geographically, total births since 2015
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 18 | 13.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 8.3% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 5 | 3.8% |
18 of 132 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Mayve's data
- California records the most Mayves (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mayve: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~10 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2015–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Mayve 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 August 2026.