May is an established girls' name that peaked in 1919 and has since faded.
May is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,233 for girl births in the United States (and #2,347 across all names), given to 183 babies. May was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1919 (981 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 183 | 183 | #1,233 | — |
| 2024 | 168 | 168 | #1,361 | — |
| 2023 | 156 | 156 | #1,437 | — |
| 2022 | 155 | 155 | #1,446 | — |
| 2021 | 123 | 123 | #1,690 | — |
| 2020 | 119 | 119 | #1,714 | — |
| 2019 | 133 | 133 | #1,602 | — |
| 2018 | 129 | 129 | #1,645 | — |
| 2017 | 128 | 128 | #1,682 | — |
| 2016 | 131 | 131 | #1,651 | — |
| 2015 | 130 | 130 | #1,652 | — |
| 2014 | 138 | 138 | #1,575 | — |
| 2013 | 109 | 109 | #1,859 | — |
| 2012 | 106 | 106 | #1,900 | — |
| 2011 | 88 | 88 | #2,170 | — |
| 2010 | 107 | 107 | #1,892 | — |
| 2009 | 80 | 80 | #2,413 | — |
| 2008 | 94 | 94 | #2,150 | — |
| 2007 | 92 | 92 | #2,171 | — |
| 2006 | 75 | 75 | #2,476 | — |
| 2005 | 95 | 95 | #2,000 | — |
| 2004 | 85 | 85 | #2,131 | — |
| 2003 | 92 | 92 | #1,980 | — |
| 2002 | 91 | 91 | #1,947 | — |
| 2001 | 91 | 91 | #1,917 | — |
| 2000 | 89 | 89 | #1,917 | — |
| 1999 | 73 | 73 | #2,110 | — |
| 1998 | 69 | 69 | #2,115 | — |
| 1997 | 85 | — | #1,778 | — |
| 1996 | 92 | — | #1,744 | #8,624 |
| 1995 | 83 | — | #1,757 | — |
| 1994 | 95 | — | #1,602 | — |
| 1993 | 79 | — | #1,839 | — |
| 1992 | 81 | — | #1,903 | #7,153 |
| 1991 | 94 | — | #1,699 | #7,017 |
| 1990 | 93 | — | #1,751 | #5,662 |
| 1989 | 107 | — | #1,458 | #7,587 |
| 1988 | 98 | — | #1,537 | #4,357 |
| 1987 | 107 | — | #1,358 | #6,659 |
| 1986 | 123 | — | #1,213 | #5,163 |
| 1985 | 135 | — | #1,079 | — |
| 1984 | 131 | — | #1,100 | #6,982 |
| 1983 | 139 | — | #1,069 | #4,368 |
| 1982 | 163 | — | #964 | #4,461 |
| 1981 | 145 | — | #1,006 | — |
| 1980 | 134 | — | #1,087 | #6,907 |
| 1979 | 108 | — | #1,207 | — |
| 1978 | 81 | — | #1,430 | — |
| 1977 | 85 | — | #1,342 | — |
| 1976 | 77 | — | #1,388 | — |
| 1975 | 89 | — | #1,262 | — |
| 1974 | 89 | — | #1,231 | — |
| 1973 | 98 | — | #1,135 | — |
| 1972 | 78 | — | #1,309 | — |
| 1971 | 113 | — | #1,069 | — |
| 1970 | 93 | — | #1,210 | — |
| 1969 | 93 | — | #1,158 | — |
| 1968 | 100 | — | #1,049 | — |
| 1967 | 97 | — | #1,055 | — |
| 1966 | 105 | — | #1,007 | — |
| 1965 | 116 | — | #999 | #3,447 |
| 1964 | 113 | — | #1,013 | — |
| 1963 | 114 | — | #1,025 | #4,426 |
| 1962 | 127 | — | #982 | #3,215 |
| 1961 | 136 | — | #959 | #3,028 |
| 1960 | 145 | — | #891 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 141 | — | #868 | — |
| 1958 | 144 | — | #852 | — |
| 1957 | 146 | — | #843 | — |
| 1956 | 173 | — | #760 | #3,114 |
| 1955 | 189 | — | #695 | #3,753 |
| 1954 | 197 | — | #676 | #3,354 |
| 1953 | 171 | — | #700 | — |
| 1952 | 178 | — | #667 | — |
| 1951 | 222 | — | #577 | — |
| 1950 | 189 | — | #623 | #4,017 |
| 1949 | 205 | — | #580 | — |
| 1948 | 221 | — | #559 | — |
| 1947 | 233 | — | #559 | — |
| 1946 | 195 | — | #572 | — |
| 1945 | 208 | — | #514 | #3,620 |
| 1944 | 233 | — | #473 | #3,334 |
| 1943 | 219 | — | #504 | — |
| 1942 | 289 | — | #435 | #2,645 |
| 1941 | 259 | — | #431 | #2,806 |
| 1940 | 293 | — | #408 | #2,793 |
| 1939 | 267 | — | #423 | #2,392 |
| 1938 | 279 | — | #404 | #3,859 |
| 1937 | 303 | — | #379 | #2,290 |
| 1936 | 332 | — | #355 | #1,938 |
| 1935 | 361 | — | #338 | #2,649 |
| 1934 | 386 | — | #325 | #1,906 |
| 1933 | 413 | — | #309 | #2,666 |
| 1932 | 450 | — | #301 | #2,571 |
| 1931 | 495 | — | #285 | #2,069 |
| 1930 | 569 | — | #270 | #2,032 |
| 1929 | 594 | — | #267 | #2,069 |
| 1928 | 717 | — | #236 | #2,481 |
| 1927 | 755 | — | #236 | #2,641 |
| 1926 | 780 | — | #232 | #2,377 |
| 1925 | 871 | — | #221 | #1,660 |
| 1924 | 884 | — | #222 | #2,101 |
| 1923 | 872 | — | #220 | #3,358 |
| 1922 | 868 | — | #224 | #2,434 |
| 1921 | 989 | — | #205 | #2,583 |
| 1920 | 974 | — | #204 | #1,934 |
| 1919 | 991 | — | #194 | #2,803 |
| 1918 | 982 | — | #200 | #1,690 |
| 1917 | 962 | — | #195 | #1,875 |
| 1916 | 954 | — | #190 | #1,915 |
| 1915 | 990 | — | #175 | #1,854 |
| 1914 | 783 | — | #175 | #1,741 |
| 1913 | 706 | — | #167 | #1,765 |
| 1912 | 703 | — | #153 | #2,781 |
| 1911 | 546 | — | #149 | #1,916 |
| 1910 | 600 | — | #138 | #1,527 |
| 1909 | 488 | — | #146 | #1,618 |
| 1908 | 515 | — | #134 | — |
| 1907 | 552 | — | #120 | #1,065 |
| 1906 | 524 | — | #119 | — |
| 1905 | 536 | — | #119 | #1,187 |
| 1904 | 555 | — | #109 | — |
| 1903 | 548 | — | #107 | #981 |
| 1902 | 570 | — | #107 | #778 |
| 1901 | 556 | — | #95 | #1,020 |
| 1900 | 749 | — | #91 | #1,434 |
| 1899 | 571 | — | #95 | — |
| 1898 | 696 | — | #86 | — |
| 1897 | 603 | — | #91 | #834 |
| 1896 | 671 | — | #82 | — |
| 1895 | 691 | — | #80 | — |
| 1894 | 771 | — | #71 | #836 |
| 1893 | 699 | — | #73 | #987 |
| 1892 | 763 | — | #70 | #732 |
| 1891 | 701 | — | #68 | #1,066 |
| 1890 | 756 | — | #65 | #1,103 |
| 1889 | 732 | — | #64 | #705 |
| 1888 | 793 | — | #63 | #632 |
| 1887 | 653 | — | #61 | #1,011 |
| 1886 | 610 | — | #64 | #736 |
| 1885 | 612 | — | #61 | #1,039 |
| 1884 | 564 | — | #61 | — |
| 1883 | 538 | — | #57 | #856 |
| 1882 | 518 | — | #59 | #734 |
| 1881 | 451 | — | #58 | — |
| 1880 | 462 | — | #57 | — |