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Mayte

Feminine

1963high 2006
#2691 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare64 girls in 2025

Mayte contracts María Teresa in Spanish — and Teresa's own meaning is genuinely unrecovered.

How old is the name Mayte?

Mayte first appears in US birth records in 1963 — 62 years ago. The typical Mayte alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 3,500 people named Mayte are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Mayte most popular?

Mayte peaked in 2006, reaching #1026 nationally. Today it ranks #2691, 1,665 places below that high. See the whole 2006 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Mayte

Spanish naming compounds María with a second name and then contracts it in speech — María Teresa gives Mayte, María Elena gives Malena, María José gives Marijose. Teresa of Ávila and Thérèse of Lisieux both carry the second half. Mayte appears in American records in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

Not established

A contraction of María Teresa. Maria's meaning is unrecovered; Teresa's is too, though a connection to the Greek theros, 'summer', or to the island of Therasia is proposed. Neither half resolves. The contraction is a documented Spanish practice.

How the name formed

  1. María Teresa
  2. Mayte

Related forms: Mayte · Maite

Pronouncing Mayte

MY-teh

Two syllables, stress on the first. Basque Maite means 'beloved' and is said the same way.

Nicknames for Mayte

Moderate

MayThe front of the name, and a name in its own right with a long record
TereThe Spanish short form of the second element, widely used
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1963–202524912502496419632025

US babies named Mayte per year from 1963 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#10261960s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1963
Most girls named
2006249 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1026reached in 2006
Change vs 2024
−34.7%64 in 2025, from 98
Mayte sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2006, with 249 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Mayte in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Mayte in Spanish — same name
  • Maite in Spanish — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Illinois.

Maytes among us

3,500

people named Mayte are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 25,114 born in 2025 was named Mayte

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Mayte

#2691
Mayte on the 2025 chart
#701
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Mayte went to 64 girls in 2025, but Maite and Maitte are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 264, which makes it the 701st most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,990 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 6,088 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 25,114 for Mayte itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Rana test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mayte's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rana climbed just as high around 1971, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rana's path sketches the road Mayte is walking now.

40%chance Mayte will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Mayte, aligned on its peakRana· peak 1971not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+50 yrsRana · #3184Mayte today
Mayte today is about where Rana stood in 1990 — 19 years past a #1026-sized peak. By 2005, Rana had settled around #2799.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Mayte 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 Mayte is headed

19632030

US babies named Mayte per year, 1963 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Mayte should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+14% by 2030projected around #2,542 in 2030

Medium 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.

Mayte beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Mayte in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Maytethis name64#2691Maricela64#2691Zulema64#2691Layana64#2691Meher64#2691

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That Spanish contracts compound Marías this way is a first-rate naming fact.
  • Teresa of Ávila is a first-rate bearer of the second half.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk once heard.
What to consider
  • Both source names have unrecovered meanings.
  • The Basque Maite is a separate word meaning beloved.
  • It reads as specifically Spanish-speaking.

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Frequently asked

How many Maytes are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,500 people named Mayte are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Mayte?
Mayte is one of 3 recorded spellings. Maite is the more common one — 193 births in 2025 against 64 for Mayte.
How popular is the name Mayte in 2025?
Mayte ranks #2691 among US girl names in 2025, with 64 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Mayte?
About 1 in every 25,114 US girls born in 2025 was named Mayte — 64 in all.
Will my child share the name Mayte with classmates?
Mayte will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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Maricela#2691 · Zulema#2691 · Layana#2691 · Meher#2691 · Cyra#2691 · Aeris#2691 · Adelyne#2691 · Annmarie#2691

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