Mai
Mai was the 3016th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 55 babies. Its best year was 1881, when it ranked 792nd; the most babies were born in 1990 (254). Over the last ten years it has moved up 444 places. More babies were named Mai in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,016 girls, up 241 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 55girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1990254 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,697babies recorded
Mai popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 20 since 1984.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,016 | 55 |
| 2020 | #3,257 | 48 |
| 2010 | #2,962 | 58 |
| 2000 | #2,228 | 71 |
| 1990 | #795 | 254 |
| 1980 | #1,630 | 71 |
| 1970 | #3,518 | 18 |
| 1960 | #6,113 | 6 |
| 1950 | #4,182 | 8 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | #2,258 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,425 | 15 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | #1,451 | 5 |
| 1880 | #804 | 6 |
How popular is Mai, counting every spelling?
Mai is the most common spelling of a name family that had 62 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 62 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mai | 55 | #3,016 | 268 |
| My | 7 | #12,775 | 30 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Mai?
55 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mai (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mai born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 152 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mai.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mai?
About 5,200 people born in the US named Mai are alive today, with a median age of 34; half are between 23 and 40. That makes Mai mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Mai by state
How common Mai was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.8×), Texas (1.6×). In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Mai: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mai, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Mai
How popular is the name Mai?
Mai was the 3016th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 55 babies. Its best year was 1881, when it ranked 792nd; the most babies were born in 1990 (254). Over the last ten years it has moved up 444 places. More babies were named Mai in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Mai a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mai in the US.
Where is Mai most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mai was most common in California (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and New York.