Mayu
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Japanese
Mayu is a girls' name of Japanese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mayu mean?
Japanese
A female given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Mayu a girl's or a boy's name?
Mayu is a girls' name.
How popular is Mayu in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Mayu in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mayu in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Names like Mayu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuna Tru Yumi Dakota Miyori Mika Yuri Sayuri Saanvi Kaori Kiyomi Suki
Names related to Mayu
More Japanese names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mayu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mayu, updated 20 October 2026.