Is Mayan a boy or girl name?

Mayan is a unisex name. Of the 636 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 58.8% were girls and 41.2% were boys. It changed hands in 2022, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Mayan

Recorded 1990–2025 · United States

Mayan was most popular in 2022, when 56 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,224 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,410, with 41 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 636 people named Mayan.

Mayan over time

Births per year. The dot marks Mayan’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Mayan a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Mayan is a unisex name — 58.8% of the 636 Americans given it were girls and 41.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2022 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 54% girls and 46% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org