Mayve — #4867 US girls' name
76 babies named Mayve in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 72% of names given to girls today.
89% of everyone ever named Mayve was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Mayve in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mayve
The Social Security Administration has registered 76 babies named Mayve between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mayve currently holds the #4867 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mayve performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mayve shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mayve in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mayve in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 76 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mayve at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Mayve popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2015
- Peak year (2024)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
Currently ranks #4867 among girls.
76 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 28 births in a single year.
Mayve by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 68 births that decade — 89% of Mayve's all-time total
Mayve decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Mayve's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 89% 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 | | 6 | 7.9% |
6 of 76 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 7.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2015–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.