May Girl Name
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The name May is a diminutive form of Mary.
The table below indicates the number of times the name May has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
| Use of the Name May for Girls During the Last ... | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 Years | 50 Years | 25 Years | 10 Years | 5 Years | 2 Years | 1 Year |
| 42,857 | 1,312 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Used as a Girl Name | Used as a Boy Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rank | Count | Rank | Count |
| 1880 | 57 | 462 | ||
| 1881 | 58 | 451 | ||
| 1882 | 59 | 511 | 734 | 8 |
| 1883 | 57 | 532 | 856 | 6 |
| 1884 | 61 | 564 | ||
| 1885 | 61 | 607 | ||
| 1886 | 64 | 602 | 737 | 8 |
| 1887 | 61 | 648 | ||
| 1888 | 63 | 782 | 631 | 11 |
| 1889 | 64 | 723 | 705 | 9 |
| 1890 | 65 | 751 | ||
| 1891 | 68 | 696 | ||
| 1892 | 70 | 753 | 733 | 10 |
| 1893 | 73 | 693 | 988 | 6 |
| 1894 | 71 | 763 | 836 | 8 |
| 1895 | 80 | 691 | ||
| 1896 | 82 | 671 | ||
| 1897 | 91 | 595 | 836 | 8 |
| 1898 | 86 | 696 | ||
| 1899 | 95 | 571 | ||
| 1900 | 91 | 745 | ||
| 1901 | 95 | 550 | ||
| 1902 | 107 | 560 | 778 | 10 |
| 1903 | 107 | 541 | 981 | 7 |
| 1904 | 110 | 555 | ||
| 1905 | 119 | 530 | ||
| 1906 | 119 | 523 | ||
| 1907 | 120 | 542 | ||
| 1908 | 135 | 515 | ||
| 1909 | 146 | 481 | ||
| 1910 | 138 | 593 | ||
| 1911 | 149 | 537 | ||
| 1912 | 153 | 696 | ||
| 1913 | 167 | 694 | ||
| 1914 | 176 | 766 | ||
| 1915 | 174 | 974 | ||
| 1916 | 190 | 938 | ||
| 1917 | 196 | 942 | ||
| 1918 | 200 | 962 | ||
| 1919 | 194 | 983 | ||
| 1920 | 204 | 955 | ||
| 1921 | 206 | 973 | ||
| 1922 | 224 | 854 | ||
| 1923 | 219 | 869 | ||
| 1924 | 221 | 867 | ||
| 1925 | 221 | 840 | ||
| 1926 | 232 | 765 | ||
| 1927 | 236 | 747 | ||
| 1928 | 236 | 704 | ||
| 1929 | 264 | 584 | ||
| 1930 | 272 | 549 | ||
| 1931 | 285 | 481 | ||
| 1932 | 301 | 440 | ||
| 1933 | 309 | 403 | ||
| 1934 | 324 | 372 | ||
| 1935 | 338 | 352 | ||
| 1936 | 354 | 319 | ||
| 1937 | 381 | 290 | ||
| 1938 | 403 | 274 | ||
| 1939 | 423 | 257 | ||
| 1940 | 407 | 286 | ||
| 1941 | 436 | 247 | ||
| 1942 | 433 | 282 | ||
| 1943 | 506 | 217 | ||
| 1944 | 473 | 228 | ||
| 1945 | 514 | 203 | ||
| 1946 | 573 | 194 | ||
| 1947 | 555 | 235 | ||
| 1948 | 560 | 219 | ||
| 1949 | 579 | 207 | ||
| 1950 | 622 | 184 | ||
| 1951 | 576 | 222 | ||
| 1952 | 672 | 175 | ||
| 1953 | 688 | 174 | ||
| 1954 | 681 | 188 | ||
| 1955 | 694 | 183 | ||
| 1956 | 767 | 163 | ||
| 1957 | 840 | 147 | ||
| 1958 | 849 | 144 | ||
| 1959 | 880 | 139 | ||
| 1960 | 895 | 138 | ||
| 1961 | 958 | 127 | ||
| 1962 | 996 | 117 | ||
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| 1982 | 962 | 154 | ||
| Totals: | 42,857 | 91 | ||
During the last 125 years, parents have used May as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name May appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 84 times during the last 125 years.
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