May in New York
Babies in New York
3,474
since 1910
Rank in New York · 2025
#1,418
recorded as girls
Peak year in New York
1910
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in New York, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
US overall
Yearly share of babies named May in New York from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 1,418 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 9 | 1,414 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 8 | 1,519 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 6 | 1,863 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 9 | 1,409 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,095 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 2,175 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 2,143 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 11 | 1,265 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,138 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,138 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 9 | 1,435 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 5 | 2,242 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 7 | 1,753 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 16 | 970 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 10 | 1,342 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 12 | 1,202 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 9 | 1,459 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 12 | 1,170 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 9 | 1,393 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 12 | 1,114 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 7 | 1,651 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 14 | 975 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 8 | 1,498 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 12 | 1,074 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 9 | 1,299 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 11 | 1,124 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | 1,383 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 10 | 1,209 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 11 | 1,126 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 10 | 1,206 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 7 | 1,554 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 9 | 1,293 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 11 | 1,128 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 6 | 1,702 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 18 | 774 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 9 | 1,226 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 13 | 914 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 13 | 900 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 16 | 742 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 11 | 929 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 16 | 740 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 17 | 701 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 7 | 1,276 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 11 | 958 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 12 | 914 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 10 | 1,000 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 12 | 911 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 11 | 933 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 18 | 682 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 13 | 808 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 15 | 728 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 9 | 1,044 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 20 | 654 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 16 | 782 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 11 | 935 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 14 | 782 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 13 | 811 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 14 | 772 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 10 | 937 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 15 | 750 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 15 | 743 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 11 | 878 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 16 | 707 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 9 | 950 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 14 | 735 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 17 | 661 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 18 | 636 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 11 | 799 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 23 | 531 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 21 | 537 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 12 | 697 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 20 | 532 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 17 | 562 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 19 | 524 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 26 | 431 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 18 | 506 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 28 | 402 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 12 | 596 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 7 | 723 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 15 | 451 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 13 | 504 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 26 | 358 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 21 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 21 | 363 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 24 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 24 | 326 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 26 | 289 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 22 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 25 | 300 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 32 | 268 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 35 | 250 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 39 | 246 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 57 | 198 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 73 | 189 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 70 | 198 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 95 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 99 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 91 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 98 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 114 | 153 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 99 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 92 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 108 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 138 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 125 | 146 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 128 | 149 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 123 | 149 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 123 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 119 | 145 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 115 | 127 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 81 | 135 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 77 | 127 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 62 | 118 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 71 | 98 | <5 | — |