Mayer

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Mayer is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 88 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 880.01% of boys
Peak year: 202192 births
Best rank: —never in the top 1,000
Since 1912: 2,521people given the name

Babies named Mayer, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

2,462 boys have been named Mayer in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 92 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2010s alone account for 24%.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 59 girls have also been given it, 2.3% of the total.

By decade

Decade	boys named Mayer
1910s	54
1920s	57
1930s	65
1940s	44
1950s	120
1960s	106
1970s	133
1980s	198
1990s	276
2000s	383
2010s	596
2020s	430

In 2021, its biggest year

Mayer was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Mayer

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.