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
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,236since 1893
Mayo over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
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| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,242 | 14 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,837 | 19 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,168 | 14 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | — | #2,019 | 14 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,337 | 11 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | — | #1,759 | 17 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,009 | 12 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,636 | 19 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,496 | 22 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,333 | 10 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,736 | 16 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,489 | 20 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,559 | 19 | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,576 | 19 |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,757 | 16 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #1,658 | 18 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | — | #1,584 | 20 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,458 | 23 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,283 | 31 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,523 | 23 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #1,468 | 26 |
| 1926 | — | #1,846 | 18 | |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #1,279 | 32 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | #1,380 | 29 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | #1,159 | 38 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #1,208 | 36 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | #1,449 | 25 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #1,373 | 27 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 | #1,240 | 29 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | #980 | 41 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | #1,127 | 26 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #1,256 | 17 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
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| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Mayo is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Mayo in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Mayo
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Biggest jump: 147 spots in 1915
- Biggest drop: 260 spots in 1916
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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 | #768 (1893) | #782 |
| 1900s | 30 | #1,064 (1904) | #1,101 |
| 1910s | 218 | #980 (1915) | #1,254 |
| 1920s | 302 | #1,159 (1921) | #1,362 |
| 1930s | 197 | #1,283 (1930) | #1,601 |
| 1940s | 139 | #1,496 (1942) | #2,046 |
| 1950s | 126 | #1,837 (1957) | #2,311 |
| 1960s | 77 | #2,242 (1961) | #3,030 |
| 1970s | 55 | #3,282 (1970) | #4,469 |
| 1980s | 45 | #3,030 (1981) | #5,218 |
| 1990s | 21 | #5,823 (1990) | #6,588 |
| 2000s | 10 | #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.
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