Mai

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mai: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mai: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #94 in 1961, and it stood at #443 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
128times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#94highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Mai's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#1543
1998	#1165
1999	#1317
2000	#1058
2001	#1170
2002	#920
2003	#933
2004	#929
2005	#1012
2006	#1280
2007	#866
2008	#845
2009	#879
2010	#1429
2011	#1225
2012	#1809
2013	#1956
2014	#1798
2015	#1601
2016	#2233
2017	#1817
2018	#1788
2019	#2869
2020	#2615
2021	#2201
2022	#2488
2023	#2346
2024	#1743

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 75 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #443 among girls in Norway, #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #182 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #94 among girls in Norway, in 1961 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #443 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Mai appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 75 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 1,480 births with the name.

Mai across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mai's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#182 (1945)	#94 (1961)	#443 (2025)	75 of 81	1,480 (1945–2025)	62 (1961)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#845 (2008)	#1743 (2024)	29 of 29	544 (1996–2024)	39 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#335 (2001)	#270 (2021)	#608 (2025)	24 of 25	184 (2001–2025)	16 (2021)

Mai by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mai in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	107	5 of 10	21
1950sbusiest	361	10 of 10	36
1960s	354	10 of 10	35
1970s	208	10 of 10	21
1980s	170	10 of 10	17
1990s	132	10 of 10	13
2000s	81	9 of 10	9
2010s	42	7 of 10	6
2020s	25	4 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1950s were its busiest decade, averaging 36 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1960 and 1961, when recorded births rose by 28, from 34 to 62.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Mai appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #94 in Norway in 1961.

Mai's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1743	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1601	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1798	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1809	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1225	26	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1429	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#879	38	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#845	39	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#866	36	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1280	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1012	25	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#929	28	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#933	26	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#920	25	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1170	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1058	19	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1165	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#443	6	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#475	5	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#375	8	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#424	6	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#519	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#463	6	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#529	5	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#529	5	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#446	8	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#476	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#458	8	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#520	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#457	8	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#527	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#392	10	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#346	12	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#462	7	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#352	11	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#312	13	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#247	18	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#270	16	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#289	14	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#490	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#307	14	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#304	14	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#373	11	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#442	9	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#363	12	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#302	17	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#378	12	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#243	24	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#273	19	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#238	21	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#329	14	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#255	18	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#253	19	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#282	16	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#288	15	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#340	12	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#344	12	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#251	19	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#257	18	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#286	15	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#274	16	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#193	28	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#207	23	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#226	21	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#192	26	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#169	30	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#203	22	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#203	22	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#165	29	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#132	41	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#178	24	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#162	27	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#121	43	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#107	50	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#94	62	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#131	34	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#113	43	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#107	49	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#123	36	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#149	32	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#98	53	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#158	27	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#136	36	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#163	27	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#150	28	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#153	30	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#161	27	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#216	17	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#191	22	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#212	19	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#182	22	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#608	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#504	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	16	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	14	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#419	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#377	13	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#546	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#424	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #94, first reached in 1961.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 62 births, registered in Norway in 1961.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 56 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Mahsa · #2178, 17y
Mahveen · #2862, 13y
Mai-Britt · #244, 26y
Maia · #15, 42y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eirin · #94, 80y
Jo · #96, 80y
Olga · #107, 80y
Inga · #117, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Eirin · #94, 80y
Sylvi · #94, 45y
Bjarte · #93, 60y
Margit · #95, 81y

Mai was ranked #94 in Norway · Girls in 1961. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mai and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mai without appearing here.

Mai moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #5581.
Cameron Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1743 and #4843.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1817 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #4684.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Mai

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #1286.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #1939.
Aria Compare
In 2009 they stood at #879 and #1248 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1429 and #773.
Harper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #879 and #1171 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1429 and #930.

Moved the opposite way to Mai

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mai went from #182 to #443 while Ada went from #229 to #18.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mai went from #182 to #443 while Alma went from #293 to #8.
Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mai went from #182 to #443 while Elise went from #223 to #63.
Ella Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mai went from #182 to #443 while Ella went from #137 to #4.

Moved the same way as Mai

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mai went from #182 to #443 and Anita from #162 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mai went from #182 to #443 and Anne from #1 to #159.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mai went from #182 to #443 and Åse from #25 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mai went from #182 to #443 and Aud from #13 to #427.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #94 in Norway in 1961. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mai

Mai at a glance

What stands out in Mai's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mai across 3 official records

Mai by decade in Norway · Girls

Mai appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Mai

Mai and the names beside it

Mai moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mai

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Mai at a glance

What stands out in Mai's record

Mai across 3 official records

Mai by decade in Norway · Girls

Mai appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Mai

Mai and the names beside it

Mai moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mai

Moved the opposite way to Mai

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