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May Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
1.42%
Male
98.58%
Female
May is predominantly a girls name, with 98.58% of Mays being girls, and 1.42% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 699 males named May, and 48619 females given the name
Popularity of May by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named May in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
May: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2025
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named May' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the girls name May in the USA from 1880-2025. 1 being the highest and most popular, 66358 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 66358 unique total names have been given to girls living in the United States so far. May's average ranking is 1710.54, with it's highest ever rank being #. May has reach the top 10 most popular girls name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 31 times.
May has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 49318 girls given the name in the past 200 years. May gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1887, when it's usage went up by 111.23%. During this year, 648 babies were named May, which was 0.2728% of the baby girls born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.273%, in this year alone more than 1000 girls were named May.
Popular 'M' Names - Girls
| Name | 'M-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mia | 1. | 12. | 14366 | 0.397% |
| Madison | 2. | 50. | 8982 | 0.248% |
| Mila | 3. | 133. | 4802 | 0.133% |
| Madelyn | 4. | 158. | 4208 | 0.116% |
| Maya | 5. | 162. | 4055 | 0.112% |
| Melanie | 6. | 195. | 3473 | 0.096% |
| Mackenzie | 7. | 201. | 3390 | 0.094% |
| Madeline | 8. | 218. | 3257 | 0.09% |
| Maria | 9. | 259. | 2788 | 0.077% |
| Mary | 10. | 289. | 2487 | 0.069% |
| Morgan | 11. | 303. | 2319 | 0.064% |
| Margaret | 12. | 318. | 2202 | 0.061% |
| Melody | 13. | 326. | 2128 | 0.059% |
| Mckenzie | 14. | 357. | 1982 | 0.055% |
| Molly | 15. | 358. | 1977 | 0.055% |
| Makayla | 16. | 370. | 1918 | 0.053% |
| Mariah | 17. | 371. | 1905 | 0.053% |
| Mya | 18. | 374. | 1902 | 0.053% |
| Michelle | 19. | 449. | 1559 | 0.043% |
| Marley | 20. | 462. | 1491 | 0.041% |