girls:
456 births since 1990
#5260 (8th percentile)
boys:
22 births since 2019
#4564 (0th percentile)
overall:
478 births since 1990
#7261 (6th percentile)
The name Mayce is the #7,261 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 478 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 6.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,260 (7.9% percentile) for all time with 456 births since 1990. For boys, it ranks #4,564 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 2019.
Mayce first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for girls and 2019 for boys). Birth data for Mayce is available in 32 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023 (31 years for girls and 4 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Mayce has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Mayce reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #868) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Mayce ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 16.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Mayce reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #899) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mayce".
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