May
Rank in 2025
#1229
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
183
girls 183
Peak year
1880
462 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
50,099
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
May was most popular in 1880, when 462 babies recorded as girls got the name (5.1 per 1,000). In 2025, 183 babies were named May, ranking #1229 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 37%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 183 | 1229 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 168 | 1358 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 156 | 1430 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 155 | 1443 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 123 | 1680 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 119 | 1704 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 133 | 1598 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 129 | 1640 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 128 | 1677 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 131 | 1649 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 130 | 1643 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 138 | 1569 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 109 | 1849 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 106 | 1886 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 88 | 2156 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 107 | 1886 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 80 | 2396 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 94 | 2137 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 92 | 2163 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 75 | 2459 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 95 | 1993 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 85 | 2117 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 92 | 1970 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 91 | 1934 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 91 | 1901 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 89 | 1900 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 73 | 2095 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 69 | 2104 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 85 | 1766 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 86 | 1736 | 6 | 7971 |
| 1995 | 83 | 1746 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 95 | 1594 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 79 | 1830 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 74 | 1894 | 7 | 6670 |
| 1991 | 87 | 1689 | 7 | 6519 |
| 1990 | 84 | 1733 | 9 | 5382 |
| 1989 | 101 | 1454 | 6 | 6941 |
| 1988 | 87 | 1533 | 11 | 4162 |
| 1987 | 101 | 1349 | 6 | 6089 |
| 1986 | 115 | 1210 | 8 | 4853 |
| 1985 | 135 | 1077 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 126 | 1098 | 5 | 6315 |
| 1983 | 130 | 1067 | 9 | 4141 |
| 1982 | 154 | 962 | 9 | 4234 |
| 1981 | 145 | 1004 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 129 | 1087 | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | 108 | 1204 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 81 | 1422 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 85 | 1341 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 77 | 1384 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 89 | 1258 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 89 | 1226 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 98 | 1132 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 78 | 1303 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 113 | 1066 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 93 | 1208 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 93 | 1153 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 100 | 1042 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 97 | 1046 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 105 | 999 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 109 | 996 | 7 | 3244 |
| 1964 | 113 | 1009 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 109 | 1022 | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | 119 | 978 | 8 | 3041 |
| 1961 | 127 | 957 | 9 | 2900 |
| 1960 | 139 | 885 | 6 | 3665 |
| 1959 | 141 | 866 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 144 | 850 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 146 | 841 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 165 | 757 | 8 | 2969 |
| 1955 | 183 | 694 | 6 | 3505 |
| 1954 | 190 | 676 | 7 | 3176 |
| 1953 | 171 | 697 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 178 | 664 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 222 | 577 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 184 | 622 | 5 | 3681 |
| 1949 | 205 | 579 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 221 | 557 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 233 | 557 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 195 | 572 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 203 | 514 | 5 | 3338 |
| 1944 | 227 | 472 | 6 | 3109 |
| 1943 | 219 | 503 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 280 | 433 | 9 | 2523 |
| 1941 | 251 | 431 | 8 | 2656 |
| 1940 | 285 | 407 | 8 | 2671 |
| 1939 | 257 | 423 | 10 | 2288 |
| 1938 | 274 | 403 | 5 | 3534 |
| 1937 | 292 | 379 | 11 | 2197 |
| 1936 | 318 | 355 | 14 | 1872 |
| 1935 | 352 | 337 | 9 | 2529 |
| 1934 | 371 | 324 | 15 | 1860 |
| 1933 | 404 | 309 | 9 | 2542 |
| 1932 | 440 | 301 | 10 | 2465 |
| 1931 | 481 | 285 | 14 | 2003 |
| 1930 | 554 | 270 | 15 | 1964 |
| 1929 | 579 | 267 | 15 | 2002 |
| 1928 | 705 | 236 | 12 | 2387 |
| 1927 | 744 | 236 | 11 | 2523 |
| 1926 | 767 | 232 | 13 | 2302 |
| 1925 | 849 | 221 | 22 | 1628 |
| 1924 | 868 | 221 | 16 | 2043 |
| 1923 | 864 | 220 | 8 | 3175 |
| 1922 | 855 | 224 | 13 | 2347 |
| 1921 | 977 | 205 | 12 | 2502 |
| 1920 | 956 | 204 | 18 | 1885 |
| 1919 | 981 | 194 | 10 | 2665 |
| 1918 | 961 | 200 | 21 | 1648 |
| 1917 | 945 | 194 | 17 | 1815 |
| 1916 | 938 | 190 | 16 | 1849 |
| 1915 | 974 | 175 | 16 | 1782 |
| 1914 | 769 | 175 | 14 | 1687 |
| 1913 | 695 | 167 | 11 | 1676 |
| 1912 | 698 | 153 | 5 | 2544 |
| 1911 | 541 | 149 | 5 | 1740 |
| 1910 | 594 | 138 | 6 | 1421 |
| 1909 | 483 | 146 | 5 | 1440 |
| 1908 | 515 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 544 | 120 | 8 | 999 |
| 1906 | 524 | 119 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 530 | 119 | 6 | 1091 |
| 1904 | 555 | 109 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 541 | 107 | 7 | 910 |
| 1902 | 560 | 107 | 10 | 744 |
| 1901 | 550 | 95 | 6 | 943 |
| 1900 | 744 | 91 | 5 | 1310 |
| 1899 | 571 | 95 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 696 | 86 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 595 | 91 | 8 | 787 |
| 1896 | 671 | 82 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 691 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 763 | 71 | 8 | 787 |
| 1893 | 693 | 73 | 6 | 907 |
| 1892 | 753 | 70 | 10 | 688 |
| 1891 | 696 | 68 | 5 | 963 |
| 1890 | 751 | 65 | 5 | 994 |
| 1889 | 723 | 64 | 9 | 673 |
| 1888 | 782 | 63 | 11 | 609 |
| 1887 | 648 | 61 | 5 | 921 |
| 1886 | 602 | 63 | 8 | 694 |
| 1885 | 607 | 60 | 5 | 936 |
| 1884 | 564 | 61 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 532 | 57 | 6 | 799 |
| 1882 | 510 | 59 | 8 | 691 |
| 1881 | 451 | 58 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 462 | 57 | <5 | — |
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Names like May
Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Where May is most popular
- California2.0×
- New York1.5×
- Texas1.3×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years