Mays**
#11,801 most common boys' name of all time · #30,195 across all names · 73% male / 27% female · used 1922–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#11,801
Rank overall
#30,195 of 105,966
First appeared
1922
Years on the list
19 of 146
All-time
197
Since 2016
132
Peak year
2024 #7,322
Best rank
#4,382 1963
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Mays first appears in 1922. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #7,264 |
| 2024 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #7,322 |
| 2023 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #7,826 |
| 2022 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,535 |
| 2021 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,756 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #7,593 |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,725 |
| 2018 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,704 |
| 2017 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #10,974 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #6,789 |
| 2015 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #12,306 |
| 2014 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,790 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,342 |
| 2012 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,846 |
| 2011 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #9,758 |
| 2010 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,289 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,382 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,918 |