Maze

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Peak · boys
#2,451
2025 · 55 births
Debut · boys
1922
5 births
In top 100 · boys
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of 146 years
Total births · boys
352
since 1922

Maze 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.

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2025#5,23824#2,45155
2024#5,61522#3,16138
2023#5,54922#3,71230
2022#4,67129#3,69130
2021#4,71928#3,42733
2020#4,35831#3,57030
2019#8,13813#3,42633
2018#8,14613#7,13611
2017#10,6899#5,78815
2016—#7,15711
2015—#5,99914
2014—#7,56210
2013—#9,6557
2012—#10,7706
2011—#12,2875
2010—#8,8038
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First appearance
1922

The first year at least five boys were named Maze! It came in at #4,307, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1922–2006, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Maze is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,203 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,246 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,144 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,578 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,096 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,174 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Maze, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#1,096 · 1 in 7,174
  2. North Carolina#1,144 · 1 in 8,578
  3. California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246

Best ever in a state: #1,096 in Georgia, 2025.

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Georgia#1,09671 in 7,174
North Carolina#1,14461 in 8,578
California#2,20361 in 29,246
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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 Maze
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 710 spots since 2024 (#3,161 → #2,451)
  • 1,119 spots since 2020 (#3,570 → #2,451)
  • 3,548 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #2,451)
Rise & fade · boys
103 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1922
  • Peaked 2025 at #2,451 (55 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 31,056
  • Highest: 1 in 31,056 boys born in 2025 were named Maze (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 61.4% of all boys named Maze (216) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2021
  • Mostly girls until 2020, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,307 (1922)#4,307
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2000s11#10,556 (2001)#10,739
2010s120#3,426 (2019)#7,858
2020s216#2,451 (2025)#3,335

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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