How Many People Are Named Mairead?
people named Mairead are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 247,132 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,402 babies named Mairead in Social Security records from 1967 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
59 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Irish form of MARGARET.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mairead in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mairead alive today is about 21 years old, and 78% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mairead first appears in the records in 1967 and was given most often in 2002, to 59 babies. In 2025, 33 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1967 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mairead has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,464, in 1997. In 2025 it ranked #4,316.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,316 |
| Best rank | #2,464 (1997) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,317 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mairead alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mairead were born in New York than in any other state: about 264 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mairead was given 16.1 times as often in Massachusetts and 7.3 times in New York.
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