Mayme
Pronounced M EY1 M (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 1915
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Mayme?
Mayme is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 11,577 children — the 1,293rd most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 173 births across the past decade, against a peak of 291 in a single year. That peak was in 1915.
Mame is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Mayme and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Mame
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M EY1 M
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Mayme
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Mayme
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Mayme?
- Mayme ranks 1,293rd among girls' names in US records, with 11,577 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 173.
- Is Mayme a unisex name?
- No. Mayme is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Mayme most popular?
- 1915, when 291 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Mayme spelled?
- Mame. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.