girls:
143 births since 2017
#5573 (2nd percentile)
boys:
258 births since 1922
#4328 (6th percentile)
overall:
401 births since 1922
#7338 (5th percentile)
The name Maze is the #7,338 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 401 recorded births since 1922. This represents the 5.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,328 (5.6% percentile) for all time with 258 births since 1922. For girls, it ranks #5,573 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 143 births since 2017.
Maze first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1922 (1922 for boys and 2017 for girls). Birth data for Maze is available in 17 out of the 102 years between 1922 and 2023 (17 years for boys and 7 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 Maze has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (64.3% of all recorded births). In 2023, 58.8% of babies named Maze were boys.
For boys, Maze reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #889) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Maze ranks #886 for boys (2.7% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 93.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Maze reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #914) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 18 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Maze ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 68.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maze".
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