girls:
47 births since 2012
#5669 (1st percentile)
boys:
2.4k births since 1912
#2599 (43rd percentile)
overall:
2.4k births since 1912
#5407 (30th percentile)
The name Mayer is the #5,407 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,417 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 30.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 30.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,599 (43.3% percentile) for all time with 2,370 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #5,669 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 47 births since 2012.
Mayer first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 2012 for girls). Birth data for Mayer is available in 102 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (102 years for boys and 8 years for girls). 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 Mayer has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 89.4% of babies named Mayer were boys.
For boys, Mayer reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 9.4% percentile (ranked #843) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 49 births per million (ranked 9.4% percentile). Despite a peak around 2002, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Mayer ranks #832 for boys (8.7% percentile) with 46 births per million, which is 93.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Mayer reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #942) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Mayer is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #942 (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mayer".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Mayer. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.4% confident that Mayer is pronounced as MAY-er, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAI-er, at 28.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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