Mayar
Feminine
Mayar is given to both — 942 girls and 38 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Mayar is an Arabic girls' name of recent make, and it is a good example of a name that is genuinely in use while its meaning remains genuinely unsettled. The root it appears to sit on is real; the gloss usually given for it is not from that root.
How old is the name Mayar?
Mayar first appears in US birth records in 2003 — 22 years ago. The typical Mayar is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Mayar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mayar most popular?
Mayar peaked in 2015, reaching #2456 nationally. Today it ranks #2822, 366 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Mayar
Our story of Mayar begins with how quickly Arabic naming has been moving. For most of its history the stock was stable — the companions, the virtues, the words from the Qur'an — and in the last few decades a new layer has grown on top of it: short, bright, vowel-open names for daughters that sound Arabic without coming from anywhere in particular. Mayar, Maryam's neighbor on a class list in Cairo, belongs to that layer. It sounds as though it has always been there, which is exactly what a well-made name is supposed to do, and it is barely older than the parents choosing it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Arabic root m-y-r is real and concerns supplying provisions — mira is food brought in, and mayyar means to provision. Mayar is plausibly built on it, though no source establishes that. The gloss that circulates most widely, 'the glow of the moon', has no root behind it in Arabic and appears to have been supplied rather than found. The name is common enough in Egypt and the Levant to be entirely ordinary there, and untraced all the same.
Pronouncing Mayar
mah-YAR
Two syllables with the stress on the second and a rolled or tapped r at the end. English speakers usually say MY-ar, which turns the first syllable into an English long i and shifts the stress forward.
Nicknames for Mayar
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2003
- Most girls named
- 201574 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2456reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- −16.7%60 in 2025, from 72
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Mayar in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Mayar in Arabic — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Michigan, California.
Mayars among us
people named Mayar are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 26,788 born in 2025 was named Mayar
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Carlisa test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mayar's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Carlisa climbed just as high around 1975, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Carlisa's path sketches the road Mayar is walking now.
Mayar sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Mayar is headed
Mayar looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 20% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Mayar beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mayar in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Five letters, no silent ones, and readable at sight in English.
- Maya is a ready short form and a very widely known name in its own right.
- In ordinary use across Egypt and the Levant rather than newly invented.
- Its meaning is not documented, and the 'moonlight' gloss offered online is unsourced.
- English speakers move the stress forward, which changes the name noticeably.
- Mayar, Mayyar and Meyar all circulate in transliteration.
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Feminine · #2822 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Mayars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Mayar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Mayar in 2025?
- Mayar ranks #2822 among US girl names in 2025, with 60 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mayar?
- About 1 in every 26,788 US girls born in 2025 was named Mayar — 60 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mayar with classmates?
- Mayar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Mayar
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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