Mayar
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Mayar
Mayar is one of those names that has a host of different meanings across cultures. It's the name of a tribe and several places near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. It's a mountain in Scotland. It's a variant spelling of Hebrew Mayer. It's an Arabic name apparently meaning "moonglow." It's a Spanish verb meaning "to meow."
It's unclear which of these connotations has been boosting Mayar's popularity as a girls' name recently, but boosted it has been.
Mayar is also given to boys.
Pronounced my-AHR.
As of October 2026, Mayar ranked #2848 for girls in US births in 2025 and #13396 for boys in US births in 2021 SSA, peaked at #2467 for girls in 2015 and #6545 for boys in 2017.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,069 | 55 | 30.8 |
| 2015 | #2,467 | 74 | 41.5 |
| 2016 | #2,852 | 60 | 33.9 |
| 2017 | #2,954 | 56 | 32.4 |
| 2018 | #3,088 | 53 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | #4,234 | 34 | 20.3 |
| 2020 | #3,051 | 53 | 32.8 |
| 2021 | #3,591 | 43 | 26.2 |
| 2022 | #2,912 | 58 | 35.4 |
| 2023 | #2,635 | 67 | 41.8 |
| 2024 | #2,489 | 72 | 44.4 |
| 2025 | #2,848 | 60 | 37.3 |
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