Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Mayer

#2,669 most common boys' name of all time · #6,427 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#2,669
Rank overall
#6,427 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
104 of 146
All-time
2,613
Since 2016
848
Peak year
2024 #1,839
Best rank
#1,756 2021
Girls Boys peak 100/yr
192019401960198020002020

Mayer first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 9 83 92 #1,889
2024 12 88 100 #1,839
2023 10 88 98 #1,818
2022 5 81 86 #1,924
2021 6 92 98 #1,756
2020 5 81 86 #1,837
2019 6 70 76 #2,066
2018 5 75 80 #1,962
2017 5 60 65 #2,221
2016 — 67 67 #2,088
2015 — 61 61 #2,217
2014 — 57 57 #2,302
2013 — 55 55 #2,304
2012 5 51 56 #2,453
2011 — 51 51 #2,444
2010 — 49 49 #2,519
2009 — 48 48 #2,591
2008 — 52 52 #2,436
2007 — 37 37 #3,100
2006 — 48 48 #2,518
2005 — 43 43 #2,578
2004 — 27 27 #3,467
2003 — 34 34 #2,860
2002 — 40 40 #2,478
2001 — 28 28 #3,159
2000 — 26 26 #3,232
1999 — 26 26 #3,115
1998 — 38 38 #2,319
1997 — 31 31 #2,563
1996 — 33 33 #2,390
1995 — 27 27 #2,695
1994 — 25 25 #2,869
1993 — 22 22 #3,066
1992 — 27 27 #2,615
1991 — 18 18 #3,358
1990 — 29 29 #2,393
1989 — 23 23 #2,715
1988 — 25 25 #2,390
1987 — 19 19 #2,750
1986 — 26 26 #2,178
1985 — 22 22 #2,386
1984 — 17 17 #2,738
1983 — 18 18 #2,612
1982 — 17 17 #2,750
1981 — 26 26 #2,056
1980 — 5 5 #6,411
1979 — 10 10 #3,869
1978 — 14 14 #2,966
1977 — 15 15 #2,822
1976 — 16 16 #2,636
1975 — 10 10 #3,498
1974 — 14 14 #2,718
1973 — 14 14 #2,641
1972 — 17 17 #2,277
1971 — 7 7 #4,080
1970 — 16 16 #2,333
1969 — 8 8 #3,412
1968 — 10 10 #2,803
1967 — 6 6 #3,716
1966 — 8 8 #3,092
1965 — 5 5 #4,073
1964 — 10 10 #2,751
1963 — 10 10 #2,745
1962 — 11 11 #2,590
1961 — 17 17 #2,037
1960 — 21 21 #1,795
1959 — 18 18 #1,951
1958 — 20 20 #1,813
1957 — 15 15 #2,147
1956 — 11 11 #2,568
1955 — 6 6 #3,655
1954 — 8 8 #3,068
1953 — 11 11 #2,459
1952 — 7 7 #3,210
1951 — 18 18 #1,821
1950 — 6 6 #3,481
1949 — 7 7 #3,141
1948 — 6 6 #3,469
1946 — 8 8 #2,800
1943 — 8 8 #2,873
1942 — 7 7 #3,086
1940 — 8 8 #2,775
1939 — 5 5 #3,687
1937 — 10 10 #2,419
1936 — 8 8 #2,764
1935 — 11 11 #2,350
1934 — 5 5 #3,861
1933 — 11 11 #2,327
1932 — 5 5 #3,961
1931 — 10 10 #2,590
1929 — 8 8 #3,126
1928 — 10 10 #2,758
1926 — 13 13 #2,401
1924 — 7 7 #3,647
1923 — 5 5 #4,432
1922 — 7 7 #3,665
1920 — 7 7 #3,621
1919 — 9 9 #3,006
1918 — 7 7 #3,510
1917 — 9 9 #2,860
1916 — 7 7 #3,328
1915 — 11 11 #2,433
1914 — 6 6 #3,097
1912 — 5 5 #2,844