May in California
Babies in California
2,712
since 1910
Rank in California · 2025
#1,185
recorded as girls
Peak year in California
1910
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
US overall
Yearly share of babies named May in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 1,185 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,222 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,418 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,264 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,194 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,303 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,090 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,469 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,138 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,300 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,086 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,181 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 13 | 1,811 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,190 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 12 | 1,939 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 17 | 1,554 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,862 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 10 | 2,312 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 17 | 1,598 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 13 | 1,911 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 18 | 1,477 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 18 | 1,454 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 17 | 1,490 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 24 | 1,164 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 16 | 1,510 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 11 | 1,874 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 23 | 1,130 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 14 | 1,547 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 19 | 1,262 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 19 | 1,266 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 27 | 1,011 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 27 | 1,040 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 23 | 1,168 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 19 | 1,323 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 31 | 972 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 29 | 1,021 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 18 | 1,295 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 37 | 747 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 38 | 717 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 33 | 750 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 39 | 665 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 41 | 617 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 39 | 631 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 42 | 603 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 42 | 597 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 32 | 688 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 24 | 811 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 22 | 816 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 16 | 994 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 10 | 1,278 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 17 | 906 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 10 | 1,200 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 14 | 938 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 14 | 956 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 17 | 863 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 7 | 1,553 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 16 | 888 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 12 | 1,026 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 14 | 887 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 5 | 1,630 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 15 | 853 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 17 | 822 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 9 | 1,154 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 12 | 961 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 19 | 758 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 13 | 912 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 14 | 835 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 19 | 699 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 15 | 780 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 24 | 565 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 17 | 656 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 18 | 608 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 16 | 648 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 19 | 545 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 16 | 588 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 17 | 549 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 23 | 459 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 30 | 397 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 16 | 545 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 10 | 670 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 9 | 652 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 7 | 731 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 8 | 660 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 16 | 419 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 14 | 400 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 13 | 400 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 19 | 307 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 18 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 19 | 286 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 15 | 310 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 21 | 245 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 19 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 23 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 24 | 221 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 45 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 33 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 43 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 29 | 224 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 40 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 48 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 58 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 55 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 48 | 150 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 58 | 125 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 40 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 44 | 132 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 51 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 36 | 139 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 61 | 83 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 37 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 44 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 28 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 26 | 113 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 17 | 131 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 13 | 118 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 19 | 85 | <5 | — |