May
#588 most common girls' name of all time · #1,095 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#588
Rank overall
#1,095 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
50,099
Since 2016
1,425
Peak year
1919 #194
Best rank
#57 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 991/yr
May 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 183 | — | 183 | #1,229 |
| 2024 | 168 | — | 168 | #1,358 |
| 2023 | 156 | — | 156 | #1,430 |
| 2022 | 155 | — | 155 | #1,443 |
| 2021 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,680 |
| 2020 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,704 |
| 2019 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,598 |
| 2018 | 129 | — | 129 | #1,640 |
| 2017 | 128 | — | 128 | #1,677 |
| 2016 | 131 | — | 131 | #1,649 |
| 2015 | 130 | — | 130 | #1,643 |
| 2014 | 138 | — | 138 | #1,569 |
| 2013 | 109 | — | 109 | #1,849 |
| 2012 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,886 |
| 2011 | 88 | — | 88 | #2,157 |
| 2010 | 107 | — | 107 | #1,886 |
| 2009 | 80 | — | 80 | #2,396 |
| 2008 | 94 | — | 94 | #2,137 |
| 2007 | 92 | — | 92 | #2,163 |
| 2006 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,459 |
| 2005 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,993 |
| 2004 | 85 | — | 85 | #2,117 |
| 2003 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,970 |
| 2002 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,934 |
| 2001 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,901 |
| 2000 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,900 |
| 1999 | 73 | — | 73 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,104 |
| 1997 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,766 |
| 1996 | 86 | 6 | 92 | #1,736 |
| 1995 | 83 | — | 83 | #1,746 |
| 1994 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,594 |
| 1993 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,830 |
| 1992 | 74 | 7 | 81 | #1,894 |
| 1991 | 87 | 7 | 94 | #1,689 |
| 1990 | 84 | 9 | 93 | #1,733 |
| 1989 | 101 | 6 | 107 | #1,454 |
| 1988 | 87 | 11 | 98 | #1,533 |
| 1987 | 101 | 6 | 107 | #1,349 |
| 1986 | 115 | 8 | 123 | #1,210 |
| 1985 | 135 | — | 135 | #1,077 |
| 1984 | 126 | 5 | 131 | #1,098 |
| 1983 | 130 | 9 | 139 | #1,067 |
| 1982 | 154 | 9 | 163 | #962 |
| 1981 | 145 | — | 145 | #1,004 |
| 1980 | 129 | 5 | 134 | #1,087 |
| 1979 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,204 |
| 1978 | 81 | — | 81 | #1,422 |
| 1977 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,341 |
| 1976 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,384 |
| 1975 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,258 |
| 1974 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,226 |
| 1973 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,132 |
| 1972 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,303 |
| 1971 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,066 |
| 1970 | 93 | — | 93 | #1,208 |
| 1969 | 93 | — | 93 | #1,153 |
| 1968 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,042 |
| 1967 | 97 | — | 97 | #1,047 |
| 1966 | 105 | — | 105 | #999 |
| 1965 | 109 | 7 | 116 | #996 |
| 1964 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,009 |
| 1963 | 109 | 5 | 114 | #1,022 |
| 1962 | 119 | 8 | 127 | #978 |
| 1961 | 127 | 9 | 136 | #957 |
| 1960 | 139 | 6 | 145 | #885 |
| 1959 | 141 | — | 141 | #866 |
| 1958 | 144 | — | 144 | #850 |
| 1957 | 146 | — | 146 | #841 |
| 1956 | 165 | 8 | 173 | #757 |
| 1955 | 183 | 6 | 189 | #694 |
| 1954 | 190 | 7 | 197 | #676 |
| 1953 | 171 | — | 171 | #697 |
| 1952 | 178 | — | 178 | #664 |
| 1951 | 222 | — | 222 | #577 |
| 1950 | 184 | 5 | 189 | #622 |
| 1949 | 205 | — | 205 | #579 |
| 1948 | 221 | — | 221 | #557 |
| 1947 | 233 | — | 233 | #557 |
| 1946 | 195 | — | 195 | #572 |
| 1945 | 203 | 5 | 208 | #514 |
| 1944 | 227 | 6 | 233 | #472 |
| 1943 | 219 | — | 219 | #503 |
| 1942 | 280 | 9 | 289 | #433 |
| 1941 | 251 | 8 | 259 | #431 |
| 1940 | 285 | 8 | 293 | #407 |
| 1939 | 257 | 10 | 267 | #423 |
| 1938 | 274 | 5 | 279 | #403 |
| 1937 | 292 | 11 | 303 | #379 |
| 1936 | 318 | 14 | 332 | #355 |
| 1935 | 352 | 9 | 361 | #337 |
| 1934 | 371 | 15 | 386 | #324 |
| 1933 | 404 | 9 | 413 | #309 |
| 1932 | 440 | 10 | 450 | #301 |
| 1931 | 481 | 14 | 495 | #285 |
| 1930 | 554 | 15 | 569 | #270 |
| 1929 | 579 | 15 | 594 | #267 |
| 1928 | 705 | 12 | 717 | #236 |
| 1927 | 744 | 11 | 755 | #236 |
| 1926 | 767 | 13 | 780 | #232 |
| 1925 | 849 | 22 | 871 | #221 |
| 1924 | 868 | 16 | 884 | #221 |
| 1923 | 864 | 8 | 872 | #220 |
| 1922 | 855 | 13 | 868 | #224 |
| 1921 | 977 | 12 | 989 | #205 |
| 1920 | 956 | 18 | 974 | #204 |
| 1919 | 981 | 10 | 991 | #194 |
| 1918 | 961 | 21 | 982 | #200 |
| 1917 | 945 | 17 | 962 | #194 |
| 1916 | 938 | 16 | 954 | #190 |
| 1915 | 974 | 16 | 990 | #175 |
| 1914 | 769 | 14 | 783 | #175 |
| 1913 | 695 | 11 | 706 | #167 |
| 1912 | 698 | 5 | 703 | #153 |
| 1911 | 541 | 5 | 546 | #149 |
| 1910 | 594 | 6 | 600 | #138 |
| 1909 | 483 | 5 | 488 | #146 |
| 1908 | 515 | — | 515 | #134 |
| 1907 | 544 | 8 | 552 | #120 |
| 1906 | 524 | — | 524 | #119 |
| 1905 | 530 | 6 | 536 | #119 |
| 1904 | 555 | — | 555 | #109 |
| 1903 | 541 | 7 | 548 | #107 |
| 1902 | 560 | 10 | 570 | #107 |
| 1901 | 550 | 6 | 556 | #95 |
| 1900 | 744 | 5 | 749 | #91 |
| 1899 | 571 | — | 571 | #95 |
| 1898 | 696 | — | 696 | #86 |
| 1897 | 595 | 8 | 603 | #91 |
| 1896 | 671 | — | 671 | #82 |
| 1895 | 691 | — | 691 | #80 |
| 1894 | 763 | 8 | 771 | #71 |
| 1893 | 693 | 6 | 699 | #73 |
| 1892 | 753 | 10 | 763 | #70 |
| 1891 | 696 | 5 | 701 | #68 |
| 1890 | 751 | 5 | 756 | #65 |
| 1889 | 723 | 9 | 732 | #64 |
| 1888 | 782 | 11 | 793 | #63 |
| 1887 | 648 | 5 | 653 | #61 |
| 1886 | 602 | 8 | 610 | #64 |
| 1885 | 607 | 5 | 612 | #61 |
| 1884 | 564 | — | 564 | #61 |
| 1883 | 532 | 6 | 538 | #57 |
| 1882 | 510 | 8 | 518 | #59 |
| 1881 | 451 | — | 451 | #58 |
| 1880 | 462 | — | 462 | #57 |