Mazell — girls' name
285 babies named Mazell in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Mazell was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Mazell in 1931 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mazell
The Social Security Administration has registered 285 babies named Mazell between 1915 and 1956, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mazell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mazell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mazell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mazell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mazell 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 285 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.
Mazell at a glance
Last recorded 1956Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mazell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1915
- Peak year (1931)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1956.
285 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1931 with 19 births in a single year.
Mazell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 103 births that decade — 36% of Mazell's all-time total
Mazell decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Mazell's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Mazell by state
Where Mazell concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 15 | 5.3% |
15 of 285 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 5.3% 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, 1915–1956 (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.