Mayon

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Mayon has been given to 21 babies in the U.S. since 2012. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2013, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Mayon, 2024

1 in 669,000

Mayon over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mayon: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mayon means

Mayon is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Mayon is used in Walloon.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Marion.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Walloon, Mayon is pronounced /ma.ˈjɔ̃/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 21 boys were recorded with the name Mayon between 2012 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2013; its best national rank was #11,671 in 2013.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Mayon?

Mayon had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 669,000; 5 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,412 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mayon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mayon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mayons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mayon was born before 2013 — so the typical Mayon is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 52.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 21; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 52.4% of all recorded uses (11).

Is Mayon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2013 (6)
Years since peak: 12; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #11,671; 2013

Spellings of Mayon

Mayon is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 35.2% against Mayon's <0.01%.

Jason35.2%1,052,030
Aaron20.6%614,462
Mason11.5%342,583
Jaxon3.8%113,651
Ramon2.6%77,429
Marion2.4%72,495
Damon2.3%68,841
Waylon1.8%55,048

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Mayon around the world

Where Mayon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2010–2015
#3,908
in 2015
France
2020–2020
#5,846
in 2020
South Australia
2012–2012
#771
in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Mayon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #11,671; 2013
Peak year: 2013; 6 that year
First recorded: 2012
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 21
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Mayon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Mayze Mayel Mayzen Mayhem Mayce Mayron Mayen Mayor Xiyon Maysn Reyon Mayko Mayar Maylen Maycon Mayne Mayaan Miyon Cyon Mayes Eriyon Maykol Mayowa Mayco

Sibling names for Mayon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Blythe Alyvia Gwyneth Sofie Honesty Aubri Kaelynn Kendyl

For a brother

Gibson Tobin Jaxen Arian Jai Vihaan Konnor Landry

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