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Mai Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Mai?

In 2018 the rare name Mai, ranked the 3,063rd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Mai is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #792 in 1881.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1990 with 254 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Mai was less than 5, most recently in 1951.

Approximately during the years 1968-1971, 1973-1984, and 1986-1989, the name Mai took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1994-2000, and 2014-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Mai has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Mai's popularity has been moving downward for some time. however, the number of children named Mai lately has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Mai?

Currently, the name is at a low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Mai is quite distinctive and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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   Mai (Girl)Mai (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 53 3,063 < 5 --
2017 34 4,267 < 5 --
2016 49 3,304 < 5 --
2015 46 3,457 < 5 --
2014 55 3,060 < 5 --
2013 55 3,024 < 5 --
2012 55 3,067 < 5 --
2011 61 2,854 < 5 --
2010 58 2,959 < 5 --
2009 76 2,500 < 5 --
2008 79 2,433 < 5 --
2007 69 2,668 < 5 --
2006 75 2,469 < 5 --
2005 84 2,192 < 5 --
2004 74 2,333 < 5 --
2003 81 2,159 < 5 --
2002 63 2,516 < 5 --
2001 74 2,206 < 5 --
2000 71 2,227 < 5 --
1999 84 1,886 < 5 --
1998 89 1,769 < 5 --
1997 95 1,665 < 5 --
1996 132 1,309 < 5 --
1995 165 1,084 < 5 --
1994 213 903 < 5 --
1993 202 935 < 5 --
1992 201 958 < 5 --
1991 221 891 < 5 --
1990 254 794 < 5 --
1989 239 798 6 7,552
1988 184 921 < 5 --
1987 154 1,011 < 5 --
1986 166 954 < 5 --
1985 172 921 9 4,552
1984 179 856 5 6,945
1983 148 986 < 5 --
1982 133 1,076 < 5 --
1981 138 1,040 < 5 --
1980 71 1,631 < 5 --
1979 49 2,073 < 5 --
1978 31 2,719 < 5 --
1977 24 3,228 < 5 --
1976 32 2,519 < 5 --
1975 24 3,014 < 5 --
1974 18 3,640 < 5 --
1973 14 4,272 < 5 --
1972 20 3,233 < 5 --
1971 21 3,223 < 5 --
1970 18 3,522 < 5 --
1969 16 3,549 < 5 --
1968 9 4,998 < 5 --
1967 17 3,157 < 5 --
1966 9 4,719 < 5 --
1965 11 4,101 < 5 --
1964 9 4,837 < 5 --
1963 10 4,431 < 5 --
1962 9 4,737 < 5 --
1961 11 4,147 < 5 --
1960 6 6,113 < 5 --
1959 6 5,976 < 5 --
1958 10 4,078 < 5 --
1957 7 5,179 < 5 --
1956 12 3,606 < 5 --
1955 11 3,702 < 5 --
1954 7 4,964 < 5 --
1953 9 4,112 < 5 --
1952 7 4,760 < 5 --
1951 < 5 -- < 5 --
1950 8 4,184 < 5 --
1949 5 5,719 < 5 --
1948 7 4,457 < 5 --
1947 6 5,076 < 5 --
1946 5 5,404 < 5 --
1945 < 5 -- < 5 --
1944 9 3,273 < 5 --
1943 < 5 -- < 5 --
1942 6 4,431 < 5 --
1941 7 3,814 < 5 --
1940 < 5 -- < 5 --
1939 8 3,307 < 5 --
1938 9 3,094 < 5 --
1937 12 2,519 < 5 --
1936 7 3,587 < 5 --
1935 13 2,386 < 5 --
1934 < 5 -- < 5 --
1933 9 3,029 < 5 --
1932 8 3,462 < 5 --
1931 13 2,376 < 5 --
1930 15 2,257 < 5 --
1929 17 2,068 < 5 --
1928 14 2,462 < 5 --
1927 8 3,753 < 5 --
1926 13 2,654 < 5 --
1925 14 2,564 < 5 --
1924 10 3,280 < 5 --
1923 12 2,845 < 5 --
1922 10 3,283 < 5 --
1921 15 2,450 < 5 --
1920 15 2,425 < 5 --
1919 11 2,923 < 5 --
1918 8 3,717 < 5 --
1917 10 2,997 < 5 --
1916 10 2,949 < 5 --
1915 12 2,483 < 5 --
1914 12 2,080 < 5 --
1913 7 2,702 < 5 --
1912 7 2,533 < 5 --
1911 6 2,366 < 5 --
1910 < 5 -- < 5 --
1909 8 1,697 < 5 --
1908 < 5 -- < 5 --
1907 11 1,256 < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 5 2,122 < 5 --
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 5 1,945 < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 < 5 -- < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 8 1,335 < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 6 1,513 < 5 --
1895 6 1,524 < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 5 1,449 < 5 --
1890 5 1,451 < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 6 792 < 5 --
1880 6 804 < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.