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.

Mei

#4,684 most common girls' name of all time · #7,962 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1947–2025

Rank among girls
#4,684
Rank overall
#7,962 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
1,859
Since 2016
716
Peak year
2025 #1,739
Best rank
#1,739 2025
Girls Boys peak 117/yr
1960198020002020

Mei first appears in 1947. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 117 — 117 #1,739
2024 101 — 101 #1,959
2023 79 — 79 #2,323
2022 55 — 55 #3,007
2021 66 — 66 #2,618
2020 65 — 65 #2,608
2019 61 — 61 #2,756
2018 65 — 65 #2,657
2017 52 — 52 #3,103
2016 55 — 55 #3,021
2015 44 — 44 #3,556
2014 49 — 49 #3,289
2013 46 — 46 #3,422
2012 39 — 39 #3,934
2011 39 — 39 #3,870
2010 33 — 33 #4,423
2009 46 — 46 #3,521
2008 32 — 32 #4,667
2007 48 — 48 #3,447
2006 47 — 47 #3,440
2005 32 — 32 #4,289
2004 35 — 35 #4,020
2003 45 — 45 #3,248
2002 30 — 30 #4,211
2001 29 — 29 #4,239
2000 41 — 41 #3,285
1999 21 — 21 #5,091
1998 14 — 14 #6,803
1997 26 — 26 #4,151
1996 15 — 15 #6,150
1995 21 — 21 #4,723
1994 12 — 12 #7,218
1993 27 — 27 #3,914
1992 17 — 17 #5,559
1991 17 — 17 #5,465
1990 21 — 21 #4,573
1989 14 — 14 #5,940
1988 9 — 9 #7,879
1987 11 — 11 #6,471
1986 12 — 12 #5,869
1985 17 — 17 #4,530
1984 10 — 10 #6,472
1983 16 — 16 #4,563
1982 15 — 15 #4,802
1981 14 — 14 #5,071
1980 18 — 18 #4,221
1979 17 — 17 #4,317
1978 19 — 19 #3,846
1977 12 — 12 #5,331
1976 14 — 14 #4,473
1975 9 — 9 #6,175
1974 13 — 13 #4,576
1973 8 — 8 #6,321
1972 10 — 10 #5,268
1970 8 — 8 #6,070
1969 7 — 7 #6,254
1967 5 — 5 #7,257
1964 10 — 10 #4,536
1963 8 — 8 #5,139
1960 7 — 7 #5,505
1959 5 — 5 #6,789
1957 6 — 6 #5,853
1953 5 — 5 #6,269
1949 6 — 6 #5,184
1948 6 — 6 #5,176
1947 6 — 6 #5,269