Maye
Girl · MAY · English
Maye is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “the month of May”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Maye mean?
English: spelling of May
“the month of May”
May was an old pet form of Mary and Margaret; Queen Mary, wife of George V, was called May by her family.
- Say it
- MAY
Is Maye a girl's or a boy's name?
Maye is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maye in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 4 girls.
Maye in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Maye in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Maye, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 58 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maye in the US since 1880 were born between 1903 and 1931, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 903 girls in the US were given Maye or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #364, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
Maye in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,700 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,768 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,148 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,078 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,271 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,125 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,355 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,688 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,481 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,970 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,802 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,109 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,097 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,424 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,618 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,666 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,466 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,566 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,490 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,190 |
| 1921 | 58 | #969 |
| 1920 | 54 | #1,005 |
| 1919 | 50 | #1,017 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,165 |
| 1917 | 36 | #1,205 |
| 1916 | 55 | #915 |
| 1915 | 48 | #958 |
| 1914 | 43 | #888 |
| 1913 | 42 | #810 |
| 1912 | 37 | #820 |
| 1911 | 40 | #686 |
| 1910 | 32 | #753 |
| 1909 | 29 | #747 |
| 1908 | 34 | #664 |
| 1907 | 30 | #694 |
| 1906 | 22 | #776 |
| 1905 | 30 | #642 |
| 1904 | 38 | #537 |
| 1903 | 40 | #504 |
| 1902 | 25 | #667 |
| 1901 | 20 | #723 |
| 1900 | 36 | #576 |
| 1899 | 18 | #756 |
| 1898 | 30 | #586 |
| 1897 | 26 | #594 |
| 1896 | 22 | #670 |
| 1895 | 30 | #538 |
| 1894 | 27 | #557 |
| 1893 | 22 | #614 |
| 1892 | 23 | #579 |
| 1891 | 22 | #559 |
| 1890 | 18 | #617 |
| 1889 | 18 | #600 |
| 1888 | 20 | #558 |
| 1887 | 16 | #560 |
| 1886 | 19 | #508 |
| 1885 | 16 | #542 |
| 1884 | 13 | #583 |
| 1883 | 11 | #579 |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 |
| 1880 | 9 | #580 |
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