first name
MAI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,650 people named Mai, 88.6% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 5.5% as White and 2.3% as two or more races. 96.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mai peaked in 1990, when 254 babies got the name.
At least 5,697 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Mai by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,642. The largest share of babies named Mai, 51.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Mai is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mai has been most common in Minnesota (8×), Wisconsin (5.6×), and California (5×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.18×).
3,413 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Mai
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mai, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mai ranks #1,630 of 156,621, with 21,383 people. See Mai as a last name
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