Mai
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MY
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,642 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,998 for girls
Mai is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 2,998th for girls in the US (55 babies).
What does Mai mean?
Several sources: Welsh, Japanese and Vietnamese
Mai is the Welsh word for May; it is also a separate Japanese name, often 'dance', and Vietnamese name, 'apricot blossom'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mai a girl's or a boy's name?
Mai is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 55 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,642among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Mai, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 41 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Mai than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Mai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.
Mai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,642 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 38 | #947 |
| 2008 | 41 | #876 |
| 2007 | 36 | #924 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 26 | #1,048 |
| 2004 | 29 | #967 |
| 2003 | 26 | #997 |
| 2002 | 26 | #962 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 19 | #1,137 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Mai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,998among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 55about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 55 girls in the US were named Mai, making it the 2,998th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. Its busiest year was 1990, with 254 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mai in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,998 |
| 2024 | 49 | #3,225 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,181 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,995 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,892 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,221 |
| 2019 | 50 | #3,171 |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,049 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 49 | #3,280 |
| 2015 | 46 | #3,429 |
| 2014 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2013 | 55 | #3,004 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,837 |
| 2010 | 58 | #2,937 |
| 2009 | 76 | #2,484 |
| 2008 | 79 | #2,419 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,647 |
| 2006 | 75 | #2,459 |
| 2005 | 84 | #2,179 |
| 2004 | 74 | #2,323 |
| 2003 | 81 | #2,141 |
| 2002 | 63 | #2,494 |
| 2001 | 74 | #2,189 |
| 2000 | 71 | #2,209 |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,871 |
| 1998 | 89 | #1,760 |
| 1997 | 95 | #1,654 |
| 1996 | 132 | #1,304 |
| 1995 | 165 | #1,077 |
| 1994 | 213 | #900 |
| 1993 | 202 | #933 |
| 1992 | 201 | #953 |
| 1991 | 221 | #886 |
| 1990 | 254 | #792 |
| 1989 | 239 | #793 |
| 1988 | 184 | #921 |
| 1987 | 154 | #1,009 |
| 1986 | 166 | #950 |
| 1985 | 173 | #913 |
| 1984 | 179 | #855 |
| 1983 | 148 | #983 |
| 1982 | 134 | #1,069 |
| 1981 | 138 | #1,036 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,624 |
| 1979 | 49 | #2,050 |
| 1978 | 31 | #2,680 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,486 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,460 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,201 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,010 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,380 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,568 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,488 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,143 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,383 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,206 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 6 | #740 |
| 1880 | 6 | #738 |
Names like Mai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mai, updated 20 October 2026.