Maye — #8927 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maye

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,947 babies named Maye between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maye currently holds the #8927 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maye performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 424 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Maye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Maye in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maye in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,947 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.