Mayme
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #11,122
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 198 births
- Debut · girls
- 124 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,928since 1880
Mayme over time
Rank among girls' names. Mayme has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 |
| 1947 | #1,946 | 25 |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 |
| 1945 | #1,312 | 37 |
| 1944 | #1,455 | 31 |
| 1943 | #1,275 | 41 |
| 1942 | #1,278 | 39 |
| 1941 | #1,243 | 37 |
| 1940 | #1,218 | 36 |
| 1939 | #996 | 50 |
| 1938 | #1,031 | 48 |
| 1937 | #981 | 51 |
| 1936 | #847 | 64 |
| 1935 | #965 | 51 |
| 1934 | #948 | 53 |
| 1933 | #801 | 69 |
| 1932 | #862 | 65 |
| 1931 | #722 | 87 |
| 1930 | #675 | 103 |
| 1929 | #715 | 96 |
| 1928 | #673 | 107 |
| 1927 | #632 | 127 |
| 1926 | #547 | 164 |
| 1925 | #602 | 145 |
| 1924 | #532 | 183 |
| 1923 | #470 | 215 |
| 1922 | #478 | 207 |
| 1921 | #466 | 217 |
| 1920 | #468 | 211 |
| 1919 | #402 | 257 |
| 1918 | #396 | 274 |
| 1917 | #378 | 282 |
| 1916 | #364 | 285 |
| 1915 | #348 | 291 |
| 1914 | #367 | 207 |
| 1913 | #367 | 173 |
| 1912 | #355 | 165 |
| 1911 | #345 | 132 |
| 1910 | #322 | 142 |
| 1909 | #305 | 141 |
| 1908 | #287 | 151 |
| 1907 | #296 | 139 |
| 1906 | #294 | 125 |
| 1905 | #283 | 136 |
| 1904 | #246 | 161 |
| 1903 | #240 | 158 |
| 1902 | #233 | 166 |
| 1901 | #212 | 183 |
| 1900 | #208 | 229 |
| 1899 | #211 | 170 |
| 1898 | #220 | 174 |
| 1897 | #191 | 207 |
| 1896 | #204 | 186 |
| 1895 | #187 | 209 |
| 1894 | #172 | 235 |
| 1893 | #170 | 215 |
| 1892 | #167 | 222 |
| 1891 | #151 | 234 |
| 1890 | #143 | 246 |
| 1889 | #144 | 237 |
| 1888 | #137 | 247 |
| 1887 | #128 | 214 |
| 1886 | #127 | 219 |
| 1885 | #126 | 198 |
| 1884 | #129 | 190 |
| 1883 | #130 | 157 |
| 1882 | #129 | 140 |
| 1881 | #136 | 115 |
| 1880 | #132 | 124 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mayme was already there! It came in at #132, and was given to 124 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Mayme is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#234 · 1 in 1,398
- Minnesota#308 · 1 in 3,003
- Tennessee#327 · 1 in 2,795
- Oklahoma#440 · 1 in 4,142
- Missouri#441 · 1 in 5,029
Best ever in a state: #121 in Kentucky, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #234 | 21 | 1 in 1,398 |
| Minnesota | #308 | 7 | 1 in 3,003 |
| Tennessee | #327 | 10 | 1 in 2,795 |
| Oklahoma | #440 | 6 | 1 in 4,142 |
| Missouri | #441 | 6 | 1 in 5,029 |
| Georgia | #451 | 6 | 1 in 5,446 |
| Illinois | #492 | 8 | 1 in 7,388 |
| Pennsylvania | #619 | 6 | 1 in 15,314 |
| Texas | #735 | 8 | 1 in 7,572 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mayme
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 118 spots in 1936 (#965 → #847)
- Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1940 (#996 → #1,218)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #126 (198 births)
- Births halved by 1929, 44 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1880–1937
- Highest: 1 in 660 girls born in 1886 were named Mayme (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 202,524 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #126 in 1885, was only 1 in 672 (0.15%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.2% of all girls named Mayme (2,208) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,841 | #126 (1885) | #132 |
| 1890s | 2,098 | #143 (1890) | #182 |
| 1900s | 1,589 | #208 (1900) | #260 |
| 1910s | 2,208 | #322 (1910) | #364 |
| 1920s | 1,672 | #466 (1921) | #558 |
| 1930s | 641 | #675 (1930) | #883 |
| 1940s | 303 | #1,218 (1940) | #1,649 |
| 1950s | 157 | #1,955 (1950) | #3,005 |
| 1960s | 103 | #3,608 (1961) | #4,433 |
| 1970s | 76 | #5,011 (1974) | #6,229 |
| 1980s | 74 | #5,457 (1983) | #8,620 |
| 1990s | 45 | #8,766 (1995) | #10,233 |
| 2000s | 45 | #8,888 (2009) | #12,740 |
| 2010s | 47 | #11,427 (2018) | #13,422 |
| 2020s | 29 | #11,122 (2024) | #11,917 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mayme in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
More about 1927
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1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 9,389 of them was named Mayme, which outranked 88.7% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #629Darline129
- #629Noreen129
- #631Lynn128
- #632Mayme127
- #632Felicia127
- #632Gertie127
- #632Jeane127
- #638Gearldine126
- #638Leslie126
- #638Mina126
Tied with 5 names at #632; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.