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Baby names starting with M

The girl and boy names starting with M given most often in the US in 2025.

Updated October 14, 2026 · sources checked October 14, 2026

In short

Among baby names starting with M, the most given in the US in 2025 were Mia, Madison, Mateo, Michael. The two lists below rank up to 40 girl names and 40 boy names by the number of babies, from Social Security data; use the search box for any other name.

Ranked by the number of babies in 2025.

Girls

  1. Mia 11,078
  2. Madison 4,945
  3. Mila 4,796
  4. Maya 3,712
  5. Madelyn 3,362
  6. Millie 3,353
  7. Maeve 3,153
  8. Melody 3,095
  9. Madeline 3,086
  10. Maria 2,887
  11. Margot 2,575
  12. Margaret 2,436
  13. Magnolia 2,233
  14. Mary 2,230
  15. Melanie 2,074
  16. Molly 1,601
  17. Mabel 1,522
  18. Myla 1,436
  19. Mackenzie 1,343
  20. Maisie 1,328
  21. Miriam 1,262
  22. Mariana 1,192
  23. Meadow 1,078
  24. Milani 1,063
  25. Maggie 1,041
  26. Morgan 977
  27. Madisson 958
  28. Marley 950
  29. Mira 916
  30. Miley 900
  31. Malia 872
  32. Maryam 869
  33. Matilda 838
  34. Mallory 825
  35. Malani 822
  36. Murphy 783
  37. Melany 779
  38. Mckenna 758
  39. Melissa 747
  40. Marceline 733

Boys

  1. Mateo 11,045
  2. Michael 8,094
  3. Matthew 7,003
  4. Mason 6,291
  5. Miles 6,072
  6. Maverick 5,894
  7. Micah 3,817
  8. Myles 3,511
  9. Milo 2,974
  10. Malachi 2,692
  11. Matteo 2,455
  12. Matias 2,140
  13. Max 2,025
  14. Maxwell 1,924
  15. Messiah 1,666
  16. Maddox 1,664
  17. Miguel 1,661
  18. Malakai 1,657
  19. Muhammad 1,473
  20. Milan 1,418
  21. Mark 1,416
  22. Marcus 1,341
  23. Malcolm 1,257
  24. Maximus 1,249
  25. Maximiliano 1,209
  26. Mathias 1,087
  27. Martin 1,009
  28. Marshall 977
  29. Miller 864
  30. Marco 862
  31. Manuel 860
  32. Matthias 854
  33. Marcelo 798
  34. Moshe 728
  35. Malik 724
  36. Mario 721
  37. Mack 668
  38. Musa 651
  39. Makai 626
  40. Moses 583

About these numbers. Babies born in the United States who received a Social Security number, by year of birth (1980-2025). To protect privacy, the SSA only publishes a name in a given year if at least 5 babies of the same sex received it.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration — Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data. Licence: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government, 17 U.S.C. § 105). Data checked on 2026-10-14. Mamavela only counts and charts these official figures; nothing is estimated.

Sources

  1. U.S. Social Security Administration — Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data checked October 14, 2026
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