Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Mayme is a diminutive of Mary.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mayme through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,928
- 0 boys · 10,928 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 291 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 291 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,028 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mayme’s family of names
In English usage, Mayme is a diminutive of Mary. Mayme has a related form in Mamie.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mayme
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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