Mame

Peak · girls
1881 · 14 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
672
since 1880

Mame over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mame has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #447, 1881girls
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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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Yeargirls
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2025#5,41023
2024#6,64217
2023#9,61610
2022#10,3839
2021#8,97811
2020#13,4536
2019#7,71614
2018#9,15111
2017#7,84014
2016#7,23016
2015#10,8669
2014#8,48513
2013#7,74815
2012#9,10912
2011#9,72311
2010#7,88015
2009#7,34117
2008#7,40817
2007#8,09815
2006#7,86815
2005#5,99920
2004#5,96920
2003#5,41922
2002#4,28029
2001#5,57020
2000#8,02712
1999#8,80510
1998#14,1225
1997#9,0179
1996#13,5185
1995#11,7836
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1992#13,3175
1991#10,2717
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1899#1,3946
1898#1,1719
1897#1,5555
1896#1,4166
1895#1,1239
1894#1,3536
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1891#66916
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1880#49212
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mame was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1893, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Mame is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedMINew York: #1,312 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,833 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Mame, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#1,312 · 1 in 7,833

Best ever in a state: #632 in Maryland, 2004.

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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.

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See more about Mame
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 8,043 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #5,410)
  • Biggest jump: 203 spots in 1891
  • Biggest drop: 239 spots in 1892
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #447 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1893, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1880–1892
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,568
  • Highest: 1 in 6,568 girls born in 1881 were named Mame (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 69,881 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 27.8% of all girls named Mame (187) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s144#447 (1881)#559
1890s78#669 (1891)#1,162
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1910s10#2,265 (1914)#2,265
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1990s47#8,805 (1999)#11,548
2000s187#4,280 (2002)#6,598
2010s130#7,230 (2016)#8,575
2020s76#5,410 (2025)#9,080

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.

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