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Boy's name · #1898 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Mayer is near its high-water mark: it reached #1757 in 2021 and still ranked #1898 in 2025. About 2,500 boys have carried it since 1912.
In recent years, Mayer ran 4–10× its national rate in New York and New Jersey.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#1,904 in Ecuador (2025) · #5,516 in France (2024) · #3,049 in England & Wales (2022) · #2,305 in Canada (2013).
It is also an American family name — about 40,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.
Among 37 notable people named Mayer:
Business leaders appear 9.41× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (1744–1812).
Similar names: Oden · Ahmari · Riggins · Massiah · Adair · Mayson
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