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Mayer

Boy's name · #1898 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

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.

Across the states

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.

Famous Mayers

• Mayer Amschel Rothschild — Jewish German banker (1744–1812)
• Mayer Hawthorne — American musician
• Mayer Carl von Rothschild — German banker (1820–1886)
• Mayer Amschel de Rothschild — English businessman and politician (1818–1874)
• Mayer Andrés Candelo García — Colombian footballer

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 40,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Maria Göppert Mayer — German-born American theoretical physicist (1906–1972)
• John Mayer — American musician (born 1977)
• Robert Mayer — German physicist (1814–1878)

What Mayers become

Among 37 notable people named Mayer:

Business leaders appear 9.41× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Jewish German banker (1744–1812).

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