Girls' name · peaked in 1888
Mamie name popularity since 1925
28,199 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Mamie. Half of them were born in 1938 or earlier, so the typical Mamie is about 88 years old in 2026. Mamie peaked in 1888 as the #53 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 28,199
- Named Mamie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1888
- #53 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,249 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% girls
- 28,069 girls · 130 boys
- Most popular in
- South Carolina
- 7.69× its national share
Peak year is the year Mamie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Mamie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Mamie peaked earlier, in 1888.
- Steepest fall: Between 1944 and 1949, Mamie's share of baby girls fell by 37%, from 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 3,670.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Mamie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Mamie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Mamie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 6,551 | 40 | – |
| 1930s | 8,216 | 73 | #221 |
| 1940s | 5,765 | 17 | #295 |
| 1950s | 3,588 | 0 | #507 |
| 1960s | 1,646 | 0 | #836 |
| 1970s | 816 | 0 | #1,371 |
| 1980s | 558 | 0 | #2,121 |
| 1990s | 330 | 0 | #2,825 |
| 2000s | 245 | 0 | #4,234 |
| 2010s | 230 | 0 | #5,956 |
| 2020–25 | 124 | 0 | #6,249 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
50.8% of babies named Mamie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Mamie is most popular
The index compares Mamie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Mamie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 7.69× | 2,717 |
| Mississippi | 7.47× | 2,283 |
| Alabama | 5.58× | 2,491 |
| Georgia | 4.89× | 3,407 |
| North Carolina | 4.12× | 2,947 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Mamie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Mamie (this page) | 28,069 | 1888 |
| Mammie | 1,300 | 1902 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Mamie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Mamie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Mamie (1888).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data