Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mayu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 204
- 0 boys · 204 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 447 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.
Mayu’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Mayu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of まゆ. In English usage, Mayu was borrowed from the Japanese form まゆ. In Japanese usage, Mayu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 真優.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 9
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 麻由original script · Japanese
- 真裕original script · Japanese
- 茉祐original script · Japanese
- 萌栞original script · Japanese
- 麻友original script · Japanese
- 真冬original script · Japanese
- 真由original script · Japanese
- 真優original script · Japanese
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People named Mayu
- Mayu SasakiJapanese association football playerborn 1993
- Mayu IkejiriJapanese association football playerborn 1996
- Mayu WatanabeJapanese singerborn 1994
- Mayu MukaidaJapanese Wrestler (1997-)
- Mayu MatsuokaJapanese actressborn 1995
- Mayu IshikawaJapanese volleyball playerborn 2000
- Mayu MatsumotoJapanese badminton playerborn 1995
- Mayu ShinjoJapanese manga artistborn 1973
- Mayu IwataniJapanese professional wrestlerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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