Declining since 2014, #8,243 for boys today.
Popularity of Maycen since 2000
Babies named Maycen per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 36 | 10 |
| 2010s | 11 | 93 |
| 2020s | 5 | 19 |
Meaning & origin
Maycen is a modern invented name that first appeared on the U.S. naming landscape in 2008. It reached its peak popularity in 2014, ranking 8,243rd overall, and has been on a declining trajectory since then. The name is used for both sexes, with about 1 in every 189,786 newborns receiving it in the latest year. As a contemporary coinage, Maycen has no traditional etymology; it is best understood as a stylized variant of Mason or other -son/-sen names, following the trend of phonetic respellings. Its brief history and lack of historical weight make it a purely modern choice, reflecting the creative freedom parents exercise in naming today.
Maycen is a modern coinage that first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2008. It combines the popular initial syllable 'May' (as in Mason or May) with the trendy suffix '-cen' (seen in names like Jace, Kace). It follows the contemporary pattern of respelling common surnames or given names to create distinctive yet familiar-sounding names. There is no historical or linguistic root beyond this recent creative formation.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: May, Cen
Sibling names for Maycen
Names that share Maycen's style, for a brother or sister.
