Mayer

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Peak · boys
#1,750
2021 · 92 births
Debut · boys
1912
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,545
since 1912

Mayer over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Mayer has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020boysat peak
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,1079#1,88683
2024#8,44312#1,83388
2023#9,61610#1,81788
2022#15,3065#1,91781
2021#13,4646#1,75092
2020#15,0885#1,83381
2019#13,7996#2,06270
2018#15,6825#1,95975
2017#15,9025#2,21760
2016—#2,08667
2015—#2,21261
2014—#2,29957
2013—#2,29955
2012#16,8695#2,44851
2011—#2,43751
2010—#2,51149
2009—#2,58548
2008—#2,43252
2007—#3,09037
2006—#2,51348
2005—#2,56743
2004—#3,45627
2003—#2,84734
2002—#2,47040
2001—#3,14328
2000—#3,21926
1999—#3,10326
1998—#2,31238
1997—#2,54631
1996—#2,38033
1995—#2,68527
1994—#2,84725
1993—#3,04222
1992—#2,59927
1991—#3,32518
1990—#2,37329
1989—#2,69023
1988—#2,36725
1987—#2,72519
1986—#2,16126
1985—#2,35722
1984—#2,70617
1983—#2,57718
1982—#2,70917
1981—#2,03826
1980—#6,2505
1979—#3,81010
1978—#2,92914
1977—#2,79115
1976—#2,60116
1975—#3,42810
1974—#2,67414
1973—#2,60614
1972—#2,24317
1971—#3,9637
1970—#2,29316
1969—#3,3148
1968—#2,73510
1967—#3,5596
1966—#2,9868
1965—#3,9305
1964—#2,66510
1963—#2,67310
1962—#2,50411
1961—#1,99717
1960—#1,77221
1959—#1,91618
1958—#1,76620
1957—#2,09315
1956—#2,49711
1955—#3,5056
1954—#2,9428
1953—#2,39111
1952—#3,0957
1951—#1,77418
1950—#3,3296
1949—#3,0197
1948—#3,3166
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1946—#2,6908
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1943—#2,7328
1942—#2,9407
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1940—#2,6718
1939—#3,4805
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1937—#2,33210
1936—#2,6298
1935—#2,24611
1934—#3,6795
1933—#2,21411
1932—#3,7765
1931—#2,47110
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1928—#2,65910
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1923—#4,2395
1922—#3,5327
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1920—#3,4897
1919—#2,8779
1918—#3,3687
1917—#2,7329
1916—#3,1777
1915—#2,31011
1914—#2,9156
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Mayer! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1912–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Mayer is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedMINew York: #434 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 2,165 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #543 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,059 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Mayer, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#434 · 1 in 2,165
  2. New Jersey#543 · 1 in 3,059

Best ever in a state: #319 in New York, 2021.

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StateRankBirthsShare
New York#434391 in 2,165
New Jersey#543131 in 3,059
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Mayer
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 53 spots since 2024 (#1,833 → #1,886)
  • 53 spots since 2020 (#1,833 → #1,886)
  • 326 spots since 2015 (#2,212 → #1,886)
Rise & fade · boys
109 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 2021 at #1,750 (92 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,016
  • Highest: 1 in 19,016 boys born in 2021 were named Mayer (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 20,579 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 23.4% of all boys named Mayer (596) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s54#2,310 (1915)#2,846
1920s57#2,302 (1926)#3,244
1930s65#2,214 (1933)#2,853
1940s44#2,671 (1940)#2,895
1950s120#1,766 (1958)#2,531
1960s106#1,772 (1960)#2,814
1970s133#2,243 (1972)#2,934
1980s198#2,038 (1981)#2,858
1990s276#2,312 (1998)#2,721
2000s383#2,432 (2008)#2,832
2010s596#1,959 (2018)#2,253
2020s513#1,750 (2021)#1,839

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.

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