Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Mai

#2,282 most common girls' name of all time · #3,881 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#2,282
Rank overall
#3,881 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
121 of 146
All-time
5,697
Since 2016
502
Peak year
1990 #793
Best rank
#778 1881
Girls Boys peak 254/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Mai is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 55 — 55 #3,000
2024 49 — 49 #3,229
2023 51 — 51 #3,183
2022 55 — 55 #2,998
2021 58 — 58 #2,893
2020 48 — 48 #3,223
2019 50 — 50 #3,174
2018 53 — 53 #3,053
2017 34 — 34 #4,222
2016 49 — 49 #3,283
2015 46 — 46 #3,429
2014 55 — 55 #3,043
2013 55 — 55 #3,006
2012 55 — 55 #3,042
2011 61 — 61 #2,839
2010 58 — 58 #2,938
2009 76 — 76 #2,489
2008 79 — 79 #2,423
2007 69 — 69 #2,648
2006 75 — 75 #2,461
2005 84 — 84 #2,183
2004 74 — 74 #2,327
2003 81 — 81 #2,146
2002 63 — 63 #2,498
2001 74 — 74 #2,197
2000 71 — 71 #2,214
1999 84 — 84 #1,875
1998 89 — 89 #1,763
1997 95 — 95 #1,659
1996 132 — 132 #1,306
1995 165 — 165 #1,080
1994 213 — 213 #901
1993 202 — 202 #936
1992 201 — 201 #955
1991 221 — 221 #888
1990 254 — 254 #793
1989 239 6 245 #795
1988 184 — 184 #921
1987 154 — 154 #1,011
1986 166 — 166 #951
1985 173 9 182 #914
1984 179 5 184 #855
1983 148 — 148 #986
1982 134 — 134 #1,069
1981 138 — 138 #1,036
1980 71 — 71 #1,625
1979 49 — 49 #2,054
1978 31 — 31 #2,685
1977 24 — 24 #3,181
1976 32 — 32 #2,488
1975 24 — 24 #2,974
1974 18 — 18 #3,562
1973 14 — 14 #4,159
1972 21 — 21 #3,066
1971 21 — 21 #3,173
1970 18 — 18 #3,447
1969 16 — 16 #3,468
1968 9 — 9 #4,788
1967 17 — 17 #3,090
1966 9 — 9 #4,502
1965 11 — 11 #3,960
1964 9 — 9 #4,649
1963 10 — 10 #4,280
1962 9 — 9 #4,546
1961 11 — 11 #4,019
1960 6 — 6 #5,707
1959 6 — 6 #5,578
1958 10 — 10 #3,932
1957 7 — 7 #4,930
1956 12 — 12 #3,505
1955 11 — 11 #3,585
1954 7 — 7 #4,667
1953 9 — 9 #3,965
1952 7 — 7 #4,497
1950 8 — 8 #3,974
1949 5 — 5 #5,253
1948 7 — 7 #4,212
1947 6 — 6 #4,771
1946 5 — 5 #4,972
1944 9 — 9 #3,147
1942 6 — 6 #4,134
1941 7 — 7 #3,568
1939 8 — 8 #3,155
1938 9 — 9 #2,950
1937 12 — 12 #2,456
1936 7 — 7 #3,385
1935 13 — 13 #2,311
1933 9 — 9 #2,876
1932 8 — 8 #3,280
1931 13 — 13 #2,310
1930 15 — 15 #2,207
1929 17 — 17 #2,019
1928 14 — 14 #2,388
1927 8 — 8 #3,566
1926 13 — 13 #2,579
1925 14 — 14 #2,497
1924 10 — 10 #3,150
1923 12 — 12 #2,737
1922 10 — 10 #3,155
1921 15 — 15 #2,382
1920 15 — 15 #2,360
1919 11 — 11 #2,816
1918 8 — 8 #3,513
1917 10 — 10 #2,882
1916 10 — 10 #2,835
1915 12 — 12 #2,391
1914 12 — 12 #2,016
1913 7 — 7 #2,547
1912 7 — 7 #2,366
1911 6 — 6 #2,198
1909 8 — 8 #1,618
1907 11 — 11 #1,221
1905 5 — 5 #1,939
1902 5 — 5 #1,804
1898 8 — 8 #1,274
1896 6 — 6 #1,429
1895 6 — 6 #1,434
1891 5 — 5 #1,341
1890 5 — 5 #1,351
1881 6 — 6 #778
1880 6 — 6 #804