May
Top 1000
On Nameberry
About May
Variation of Mary
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,575 | 138 | 77.3 |
| 2015 | #1,652 | 130 | 72.8 |
| 2016 | #1,651 | 131 | 73.9 |
| 2017 | #1,681 | 128 | 74.1 |
| 2018 | #1,645 | 129 | 75.8 |
| 2019 | #1,601 | 133 | 79.2 |
| 2020 | #1,712 | 119 | 73.6 |
| 2021 | #1,705 | 122 | 74.4 |
| 2022 | #1,446 | 155 | 94.5 |
| 2023 | #1,433 | 156 | 97.2 |
| 2024 | #1,357 | 168 | 103.7 |
| 2025 | #1,233 | 183 | 113.9 |
World rankings
Similar names
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Famous Mays
- Mary Jeanette "May" Robson
Australian,American actress
- Eleanore Marie "May" Sarton
American poet, novelist, and memoirist
- May Helen Emma Abel Smith
Princess of Teck, great,granddaughter of Queen Victoria
- May
nickname of Mary of Teck, Queen consort of George V of the U.K.
- May Whitty (born Mary Louise Webster)
English actress
- May O'Donnell
American dancer/choreographer
- May Fung Yee Pang
American former girlfriend of musician John Lennon
- May J. (born May Hashimoto)
Japanese pop singer
- May Allison
American actress
- May Britt
Swedish actress
- May Mcavoy
American silent film actress
- Louisa May Alcott
American novelist
- (Abigail) May Alcott Nieriker
American artist and sister of Louisa May Alcott
- Maryum "May May" Ali
daughter of boxer Muhammad Ali
- May Rose Nivola
daughter of English actress Emily Mortimer
- (Cecilia) May Gibbs
Australian children's author
- May Theodora Benben
daughter of actors Madeleine Stowe and Brian Benben
- Scarlett May Stuber (b. 2015)
daughter of model Molly Sims
- May Andersen (b. 1982) Danish model
appeared in Victoria's Secret & Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
- May Martin
Famous British Seamstress
May in pop culture
- May Parker aka Aunt May
character in Marvel's Spider,Man series
- May "Mayday" Parker aka Spider
Girl, daughter of Spider,Man
- May Welland
character from "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton
- May
a main character in Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
- May
the main female character in the Pokemon Advanced anime series saga
- May Singer
sister of America Singer, The Selection Trilogy by Kiera Cass
- May Clutterbucket
a character on TV's "Girl Meets World".
- May Kanker
character on animated series "Ed, Edd n Eddy"
- Anna May Bates
character from "Downton Abbey"
- Maggie May
song by Rod Stewart
- Melinda May
character in Marvel Universe
Variations & nicknames
- MajScandinavian
- MaiFrench
- MaggiaItalian
