Mayo

Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362 · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
Given to boys 82.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1893 · 8 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,236
since 1893

Mayo over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #1,594, 1902peak #768, 1893girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2005#11,4725
2004
2003#10,8945
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1992#7,4226
1991#6,5197
1990#5,8238
1989#12,3625
1988
1987#6,9515
1986
1985#5,7856
1984#5,5616
1983#5,4846
1982
1981#3,03014
1980#4,4958
1979#4,8427
1978#5,7725
1977#5,1236
1976#4,4187
1975
1974
1973#7,4356#4,5056
1972#4,4416
1971#3,3709
1970#3,2829
1969#3,0629
1968#3,3657
1967#2,9858
1966#3,2497
1965
1964#3,6016
1963#3,0448
1962#2,8489
1961#2,24214
1960#2,8719
1959#2,41412
1958#2,8189
1957#1,83719
1956#2,16814
1955#2,04815
1954#2,59210
1953#5,6735#2,28712
1952#4,9086#2,6809
1951#4,8336#2,24612
1950#2,01914
1949#2,33711
1948#5,2435#2,6089
1947#4,7646#2,07614
1946#1,75917
1945#2,00912
1944#2,4679
1943#1,63619
1942#1,49622
1941#2,33310
1940#1,73616
1939#1,48920
1938#1,55919
1937#3,8006#1,57619
1936#2,06212
1935#1,75716
1934#4,2865#1,65818
1933#3,7536#1,58619
1932#1,58420
1931#1,45823
1930#1,28331
1929#1,52323
1928#4,1956#1,32330
1927#3,8757#1,46826
1926#1,84618
1925#2,61713#1,27932
1924#2,80912#1,38029
1923#2,58713#1,25633
1922#2,38715#1,18137
1921#2,28216#1,15938
1920#3,09710#1,20836
1919#2,38414#1,44925
1918#3,02410#1,37327
1917#2,87910#1,17533
1916#2,13315#1,24029
1915#2,38412#98041
1914#2,12511#1,12726
1913#2,1649#1,25617
1912#2,9795#1,26814
1911#2,4635
1910#2,3985#1,4216
1909#1,0838
1908
1907
1906
1905#1,6966#1,0916
1904#1,0646
1903#1,1305
1902#1,5946#1,1375
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1895#7958
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1893#7688
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First appearance
1893

The first year at least five boys were named Mayo! It came in at #768, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Mayo
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
  • Biggest jump: 147 spots in 1915 (#1,127#980)
  • Biggest drop: 260 spots in 1916 (#980#1,240)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 1893 at #768 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1893–1915
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,040
  • Highest: 1 in 14,040 boys born in 1893 were named Mayo (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 399,461 boys born in 2005 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.4% of all boys named Mayo (302) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1990
  • Mostly girls until 1989, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s16#768 (1893)#782
1900s30#1,064 (1904)#1,101
1910s218#980 (1915)#1,254
1920s302#1,159 (1921)#1,362
1930s197#1,283 (1930)#1,601
1940s139#1,496 (1942)#2,046
1950s126#1,837 (1957)#2,311
1960s77#2,242 (1961)#3,030
1970s55#3,282 (1970)#4,469
1980s45#3,030 (1981)#5,218
1990s21#5,823 (1990)#6,588
2000s10#10,894 (2003)#11,183

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mayo in 1895

boys
#795
8 births · 1 in 14,674 boys

Top boys' names in 1895

  1. #1John8,320
  2. #2William7,277
  3. #3James5,335
  4. #4George4,289
  5. #5Charles3,633
  6. #6Frank3,012
  7. #7Joseph2,992
  8. #8Robert2,635
  9. #9Henry2,221
  10. #10Edward2,203
  11. #795Mayo8
More about 1895

boys

117,393 boys got a published name in 1895; 1 in 14,674 of them was named Mayo, which outranked 35.9% of the 1,241 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mayo
  1. #738Waverly9
  2. #738Wilburn9
  3. #738Wilton9
  4. #795Mayo8
  5. #795Alden8
  6. #795Alice8
  7. #795Allison8
  8. #872Addie7
  9. #872Adelbert7
  10. #872Alford7

Tied with 76 names at #795; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. 573Alma#1,074#501
  2. 463Delmar#954#491
  3. 453Connie#954#501
  4. 434Bradford#1,074#640
  5. 434Brady#1,074#640
Fallers
  1. 536Beverly#543#1,079
  2. 512Boss#567#1,079
  3. 498Verner#480#978
  4. 457Abel#521#978
  5. 457Justin#521#978

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1895