Mairead
Mairead is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 19 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 190.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200259 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1967
- 1,369people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,369 girls have been named Mairead in the United States since 1967, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2002, with 59 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 34%.
By decade
In 2002, its biggest year
Mairead was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2002 were Emily, Madison, Hannah, Emma and Alexis. See all of 2002.
Names that rose and fell with Mairead
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Katyapeak 2001
- Kaijapeak 2002
- Zeinabpeak 1999
- Imanpeak 1996
- Katiapeak 1996
- Uniquepeak 2009
- Jamirapeak 2006
- Tylapeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.