Mai Girl
How popular is Mai?
#2,998 girl name in 2025
55 baby girls were named Mai in the US in 2025, making it the 2998th most popular girl name.
Mai popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,998 for girls (▲ 227 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 55 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,429 in 2015, #3,221 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (254 girls) |
| Highest rank | #738 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mai counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the May family of names ranked #914 for girls in 2025 (#988 the year before), with 238 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| May | 183 | 77% |
| Mai | 55 | 23% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Mai is most popular
Babies named Mai per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (18 girls)
Mai by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #738 |
| 1890s | 30 | #1,263 |
| 1900s | 29 | #1,206 |
| 1910s | 83 | #2,009 |
| 1920s | 128 | #2,010 |
| 1930s | 94 | #2,201 |
| 1940s | 45 | #3,138 |
| 1950s | 77 | #3,492 |
| 1960s | 107 | #3,084 |
| 1970s | 252 | #2,050 |
| 1980s | 1,586 | #793 |
| 1990s | 1,656 | #792 |
| 2000s | 746 | #2,141 |
| 2010s | 516 | #2,837 |
| 2020s | 316 | #2,892 |
Girl names about as popular as Mai
Questions
- Is Mai a boy or girl name?
- Mai is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mai were girls.
- How popular is the name Mai?
- 55 baby girls were named Mai in the US in 2025, making it the 2998th most popular girl name.
- When was Mai most popular?
- Mai peaked in 1990, when 254 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #738 in 1880.
- How many people are named Mai?
- 5,697 babies have been named Mai in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,215 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 34.
- Where is Mai most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mai was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.