Mai
#2,998 for girls in 2025, 55 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,677since 1880
Mai over time
Rank among girls' names. Mai has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,998 | 55 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,225 | 49 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,181 | 51 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,995 | 55 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,892 | 58 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,221 | 48 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,172 | 50 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,050 | 53 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,220 | 34 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,280 | 49 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,429 | 46 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,041 | 55 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,005 | 55 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,040 | 55 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,838 | 61 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,938 | 58 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,485 | 76 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,419 | 79 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,647 | 69 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,459 | 75 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,180 | 84 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,326 | 74 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,144 | 81 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,497 | 63 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,193 | 74 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,213 | 71 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,874 | 84 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,762 | 89 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,656 | 95 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,306 | 132 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,080 | 165 | — | |
| 1994 | #901 | 213 | — | |
| 1993 | #934 | 202 | — | |
| 1992 | #955 | 201 | — | |
| 1991 | #888 | 221 | — | |
| 1990 | #793 | 254 | — | |
| 1989 | #795 | 239 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #921 | 184 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,009 | 154 | — | |
| 1986 | #950 | 166 | — | |
| 1985 | #913 | 173 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #855 | 179 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #983 | 148 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,069 | 134 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,036 | 138 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,624 | 71 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,050 | 49 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,680 | 31 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,486 | 32 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | — | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | — | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mai was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Mai is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#199 · 1 in 1,164
- Oregon#476 · 1 in 3,394
- Washington#498 · 1 in 3,451
- California#666 · 1 in 5,180
- Illinois#1,102 · 1 in 12,525
Best ever in a state: #130 in Minnesota, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #199 | 25 | 1 in 1,164 |
| Oregon | #476 | 5 | 1 in 3,394 |
| Washington | #498 | 8 | 1 in 3,451 |
| California | #666 | 35 | 1 in 5,180 |
| Illinois | #1,102 | 6 | 1 in 12,525 |
| Texas | #1,132 | 10 | 1 in 12,373 |
| New York | #1,418 | 6 | 1 in 16,889 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mai
- 227 spots since 2024 (#3,225 → #2,998)
- 223 spots since 2020 (#3,221 → #2,998)
- 431 spots since 2015 (#3,429 → #2,998)
- Biggest jump: 128 spots in 1984 (#983 → #855)
- Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1995 (#901 → #1,080)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #738 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1988–1994
- Highest: 1 in 7,475 girls born in 1990 were named Mai (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 29,223 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #738 in 1880, was only 1 in 15,166 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.2% of all girls named Mai (1,656) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #738 (1880) | #739 |
| 1890s | 30 | #1,263 (1898) | #1,355 |
| 1900s | 29 | #1,206 (1907) | #1,634 |
| 1910s | 83 | #2,009 (1914) | #2,613 |
| 1920s | 128 | #2,011 (1929) | #2,677 |
| 1930s | 94 | #2,202 (1930) | #2,763 |
| 1940s | 45 | #3,139 (1944) | #4,285 |
| 1950s | 77 | #3,493 (1956) | #4,281 |
| 1960s | 107 | #3,085 (1967) | #4,292 |
| 1970s | 252 | #2,050 (1979) | #3,074 |
| 1980s | 1,586 | #795 (1989) | #1,016 |
| 1990s | 1,656 | #793 (1990) | #1,215 |
| 2000s | 746 | #2,144 (2003) | #2,356 |
| 2010s | 516 | #2,838 (2011) | #3,201 |
| 2020s | 316 | #2,892 (2021) | #3,085 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mai in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 12,087 of them was named Mai, which outranked 91.5% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,025Tiffiny140
- #1,034Alena139
- #1,034Luisa139
- #1,036Mai138
- #1,036Ayesha138
- #1,036Chantal138
- #1,036Felisha138
- #1,045Crissy137
- #1,045Darcie137
- #1,045Jonelle137
Tied with 8 names at #1,036; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.