Mai
Mai is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 49 births. Its best rank was 792nd, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 490.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1990254 births
- Best rank
- #792in 1881
- Since 1880
- 5,622people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,622 girls have been named Mai in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 254 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 29%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Mai | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | |
| 1890s | 30 | |
| 1900s | 29 | |
| 1910s | 83 | |
| 1920s | 128 | |
| 1930s | 94 | |
| 1940s | 45 | |
| 1950s | 77 | |
| 1960s | 107 | |
| 1970s | 252 | |
| 1980s | 1,586 | |
| 1990s | 1,656 | |
| 2000s | 746 | |
| 2010s | 516 | |
| 2020s | 261 |
In 1990, its biggest year
Mai was the 794th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Mai
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mairapeak 1992
- Shanellepeak 1992
- Laceepeak 1991
- Codipeak 1992
- Mayrapeak 1987
- Kassiepeak 1987
- Chanellepeak 1991
- Jenaepeak 1991
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.