How rare is the name My?

8,159 people in the United States have the first name My, about 1 in 37,018. It ranks #2,836 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MY

#2,836

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,159
About
1 in 37,018
This common or more
81%
Who bears it

Of the 8,159 people named My, 85.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 7.9% as White and 2.9% as Black. 79.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

My peaked in 1982, when 113 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
1982
Births that year
113
In 2025*
7 ▼94%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 1,340 babies have been given the name since 1971. 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.

My by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,798. The largest share of babies named My, 59.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#5,875173
1980s#2,798678
1990s#6,911249
2000s#16,188101
2010s#16,84999
2020s#20,31440
Generation X 1965–8019%
Millennials 1981–9659.9%
Generation Z 1997–1214%
2013 and later7.2%

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.

Either side of My

#2,834 Adaline · 8,168#2,834 Yaritza · 8,168#2,837 Hanh · 8,155#2,838 Jackeline · 8,154

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of My, most common first.

#889 Mya · 51,028#15,496 Myo · 742

Also a last name

As a last name, My ranks #55,517 of 156,621, with 399 people. See My as a last name

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