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May
Pronounced /meɪ/
Rank in 2024
#1,353
Born in 2024
168
Peak year
1919 · #194
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 168 girls were named May, about 1 in every 9,602.
- It peaked in 1919 with 981 babies, ranked #194.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 49,216 girls have been named May since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named May per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.0Greatest1901–27
- 0.3Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 19,778 babies, 0.97 per 1,000. Silent: 6,492 babies, 0.31 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,185 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,544 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,682 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,412 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,618 babies, 0.08 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English May, Mai, from Old French mai, from Latin Maius (“Maia's month”), from Maia, a Roman earth goddess. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: mā, IPA(key): /meɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ Homophones: may, Mei ==== Proper noun ==== May (countable and uncountable, plural Mays) The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June.
- A female given name, usually pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /meɪ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for May, CC BY-SA 4.0.