Maye

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births

Peak · girls
1903 · 40 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,956
since 1880

Maye over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Maye has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #504, 1903girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,1079
2024#8,94611
2023#7,64014
2022#9,05611
2021#15,2515
2020#13,4536
2019#10,4739
2018#12,4647
2017#14,1246
2016#12,8767
2015#10,14810
2014
2013
2012#10,42910
2011
2010#14,9596
2009#12,4298
2008#11,5999
2007
2006#17,1685
2005
2004
2003#12,4087
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998#14,1225
1997
1996
1995#13,3865
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971#8,3245
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961#5,3097
1960#6,3905
1959
1958#5,4086
1957
1956#5,9525
1955
1954#5,7535
1953
1952#3,55210
1951#5,4145
1950#3,42310
1949#3,17611
1948#2,70114
1947#2,76914
1946#2,73913
1945#2,14916
1944#2,94610
1943#2,07918
1942#4,1246
1941#2,27214
1940#2,42412
1939#2,12515
1938#2,22514
1937#1,35529
1936#2,68910
1935#2,09515
1934#1,48125
1933#1,97016
1932#1,95717
1931#1,80319
1930#2,11016
1929#2,09816
1928#1,42530
1927#1,61926
1926#1,66725
1925#1,46631
1924#1,56629
1923#1,49030
1922#1,19042
1921#96958
1920#1,00554
1919#1,01750
1918#1,16541
1917#1,20536
1916#91555
1915#95848
1914#88843
1913#81042
1912#82037
1911#68640
1910#75332
1909#74729
1908#66434
1907#69430
1906#77622
1905#64230
1904#53738
1903#50440
1902#66725
1901#72320
1900#57636
1899#75618
1898#58630
1897#59426
1896#67022
1895#53830
1894#55727
1893#61422
1892#57923
1891#55922
1890#61718
1889#60018
1888#55820
1887#56016
1886#50819
1885#54216
1884#58313
1883#57911
1882#9085
1881#53910
1880#5809
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Maye was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1953–1957, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Maye
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,161 spots since 2024 (#8,946#10,107)
  • 3,346 spots since 2020 (#13,453#10,107)
  • 41 spots since 2015 (#10,148#10,107)
  • Biggest jump: 329 spots in 1883 (#908#579)
  • Biggest drop: 369 spots in 1882 (#539#908)
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1903 at #504 (40 births)
  • Births halved by 1929, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1880–1916
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,549
  • Highest: 1 in 6,549 girls born in 1903 were named Maye (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 21.7% of all girls named Maye (424) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s137#508 (1886)#596
1890s238#538 (1895)#607
1900s304#504 (1903)#653
1910s424#686 (1911)#922
1920s341#969 (1921)#1,450
1930s176#1,355 (1937)#1,981
1940s128#2,079 (1943)#2,738
1950s41#3,423 (1950)#4,917
1960s12#5,309 (1961)#5,850
1970s5#8,324 (1971)#8,324
1980s0
1990s10#13,386 (1995)#13,754
2000s29#11,599 (2008)#13,401
2010s55#10,148 (2015)#12,210
2020s56#7,640 (2023)#10,742

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Maye in 1915

girls
#958
48 births · 1 in 20,497 girls

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #958Maye48
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 20,497 of them was named Maye, which outranked 80.7% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maye
  1. #944Rozella49
  2. #944Sandra49
  3. #944Tressa49
  4. #958Maye48
  5. #958Ena48
  6. #958Georgette48
  7. #958Leo48
  8. #968Almeta47
  9. #968Ara47
  10. #968Bell47

Tied with 9 names at #958; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915