Girl name#1,763 of girl names
Mai
Pronounced M AY1 (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 1990
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Mai?
Mai is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 6,715 children — the 1,763rd most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 26% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1990, when 277 children were given it.
My is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Mai and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- My
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M AY1
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Mai
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Mai
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Mai?
- Mai ranks 1,763rd among girls' names in US records, with 6,715 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 565.
- Is Mai a unisex name?
- No. Mai is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Mai most popular?
- 1990, when 277 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Mai spelled?
- My. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.