Mayo

Boy · recorded 1893–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1893best year

Most popular in 1893.

Last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1893

0367118931921194919772005

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 84 recorded years as a table
Mayo, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189371
189568
190241
190342
190447
190545
190949
191031
191233
191333
191440
191548
191633
191736
191827
191926
192034
192135
192234
192330
192426
192529
192616
192723
192827
192921
193028
193122
193219
193319
193417
193515
193612
193718
193817
193918
194014
19418
194216
194313
19447
19459
194610
19478
19485
19496
19508
19516
19525
19536
19545
19557
19567
19579
19584
19596
19604
19617
19624
19634
19643
19664
19675
19684
19695
19705
19715
19724
19734
19764
19774
19783
19794
19804
19818
19833
19843
19853
19873
19904
19913
19923
20033
20053

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Mayo isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005
5
Rank in 2005
#11,472
How rare
1 in 399,461 boys
Since 1893
1,236

Mayo was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1893, at 71 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Mayo doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.