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Mai

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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.

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Girls rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #845 to #2869.200020052010201520202025#845#2869
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
YearRank
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
2025#1584

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, #1584 among girls in England and Wales.

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

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. 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

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #94 among girls in Norway, in 1961 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #1584 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesfemale#158419HighVerified
2024England and Walesfemale#174317HighVerified
2023England and Walesfemale#234611HighVerified
2022England and Walesfemale#248810HighVerified
2021England and Walesfemale#220112HighVerified
2020England and Walesfemale#26159HighVerified
2019England and Walesfemale#28698HighVerified
2018England and Walesfemale#178816HighVerified
2017England and Walesfemale#181716HighVerified
2016England and Walesfemale#223312HighVerified
2015England and Walesfemale#160119HighVerified
2014England and Walesfemale#179816HighVerified
2013England and Walesfemale#195614HighVerified
2012England and Walesfemale#180916HighVerified
2011England and Walesfemale#122526HighVerified
2010England and Walesfemale#142921HighVerified
2009England and Walesfemale#87938HighVerified
2008England and Walesfemale#84539HighVerified
2007England and Walesfemale#86636HighVerified
2006England and Walesfemale#128020HighVerified
2005England and Walesfemale#101225HighVerified
2004England and Walesfemale#92928HighVerified
2003England and Walesfemale#93326HighVerified
2002England and Walesfemale#92025HighVerified
2001England and Walesfemale#117017HighVerified
2000England and Walesfemale#105819HighVerified
1999England and Walesfemale#131714HighVerified
1998England and Walesfemale#116517HighVerified
1997England and Walesfemale#154311HighVerified
1996England and Walesfemale#23506HighVerified
2025Norwayfemale#4436HighVerified
2023Norwayfemale#4755HighVerified
2021Norwayfemale#3758HighVerified
2020Norwayfemale#4246HighVerified
2019Norwayfemale#5194HighVerified
2018Norwayfemale#4636HighVerified
2016Norwayfemale#5295HighVerified
2014Norwayfemale#5295HighVerified
2012Norwayfemale#4468HighVerified
2011Norwayfemale#4767HighVerified
2010Norwayfemale#4957HighVerified
2009Norwayfemale#4588HighVerified
2008Norwayfemale#5206HighVerified
2007Norwayfemale#4578HighVerified
2006Norwayfemale#5276HighVerified
2005Norwayfemale#39210HighVerified
2004Norwayfemale#34612HighVerified
2003Norwayfemale#4627HighVerified
2002Norwayfemale#35211HighVerified
2000Norwayfemale#31213HighVerified
1999Norwayfemale#24718HighVerified
1998Norwayfemale#27016HighVerified
1997Norwayfemale#28914HighVerified
1996Norwayfemale#4907HighVerified
1995Norwayfemale#30714HighVerified
1994Norwayfemale#30414HighVerified
1993Norwayfemale#37311HighVerified
1992Norwayfemale#4429HighVerified
1991Norwayfemale#36312HighVerified
1990Norwayfemale#30217HighVerified
1989Norwayfemale#37812HighVerified
1988Norwayfemale#24324HighVerified
1987Norwayfemale#27319HighVerified
1986Norwayfemale#23821HighVerified
1985Norwayfemale#32914HighVerified
1984Norwayfemale#25518HighVerified
1983Norwayfemale#25319HighVerified
1982Norwayfemale#28216HighVerified
1981Norwayfemale#28815HighVerified
1980Norwayfemale#34012HighVerified
1979Norwayfemale#34412HighVerified
1978Norwayfemale#25119HighVerified
1977Norwayfemale#25718HighVerified
1976Norwayfemale#28615HighVerified
1975Norwayfemale#27416HighVerified
1974Norwayfemale#19328HighVerified
1973Norwayfemale#20723HighVerified
1972Norwayfemale#22621HighVerified
1971Norwayfemale#19226HighVerified
1970Norwayfemale#16930HighVerified
1969Norwayfemale#20322HighVerified
1968Norwayfemale#20322HighVerified
1967Norwayfemale#16529HighVerified
1966Norwayfemale#13241HighVerified
1965Norwayfemale#17824HighVerified
1964Norwayfemale#16227HighVerified
1963Norwayfemale#12143HighVerified
1962Norwayfemale#10750HighVerified
1961Norwayfemale#9462HighVerified
1960Norwayfemale#13134HighVerified
1959Norwayfemale#11343HighVerified
1958Norwayfemale#10749HighVerified
1957Norwayfemale#12336HighVerified
1956Norwayfemale#14932HighVerified
1955Norwayfemale#9853HighVerified
1954Norwayfemale#15827HighVerified
1953Norwayfemale#13636HighVerified
1952Norwayfemale#16327HighVerified
1951Norwayfemale#15028HighVerified
1950Norwayfemale#15330HighVerified
1949Norwayfemale#16127HighVerified
1948Norwayfemale#21617HighVerified
1947Norwayfemale#19122HighVerified
1946Norwayfemale#21219HighVerified
1945Norwayfemale#18222HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandfemale#6085HighVerified
2024Republic of Irelandfemale#5047HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandfemale#4458HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandfemale#5596HighVerified
2021Republic of Irelandfemale#27016HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandfemale#4578HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandfemale#31914HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandfemale#36511HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandfemale#41910HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandfemale#4948HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandfemale#7524HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandfemale#5876HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandfemale#5108HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandfemale#5108HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandfemale#37713HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandfemale#4888HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandfemale#5467HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandfemale#5496HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandfemale#7643HighVerified
2005Republic of Irelandfemale#4247HighVerified
2004Republic of Irelandfemale#4147HighVerified
2003Republic of Irelandfemale#6553HighVerified
2002Republic of Irelandfemale#6203HighVerified
2001Republic of Irelandfemale#3358HighVerified

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

Where Mai is officially recorded

3 official registrars have recorded Mai, between 1945 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

NorwayNorway: recorded in 1945Norway: recorded in 1946Norway: recorded in 1947Norway: recorded in 1948Norway: recorded in 1949Norway: recorded in 1950Norway: recorded in 1951Norway: recorded in 1952Norway: recorded in 1953Norway: recorded in 1954Norway: recorded in 1955Norway: recorded in 1956Norway: recorded in 1957Norway: recorded in 1958Norway: recorded in 1959Norway: recorded in 1960Norway: recorded in 1961Norway: recorded in 1962Norway: recorded in 1963Norway: recorded in 1964Norway: recorded in 1965Norway: recorded in 1966Norway: recorded in 1967Norway: recorded in 1968Norway: recorded in 1969Norway: recorded in 1970Norway: recorded in 1971Norway: recorded in 1972Norway: recorded in 1973Norway: recorded in 1974Norway: recorded in 1975Norway: recorded in 1976Norway: recorded in 1977Norway: recorded in 1978Norway: recorded in 1979Norway: recorded in 1980Norway: recorded in 1981Norway: recorded in 1982Norway: recorded in 1983Norway: recorded in 1984Norway: recorded in 1985Norway: recorded in 1986Norway: recorded in 1987Norway: recorded in 1988Norway: recorded in 1989Norway: recorded in 1990Norway: recorded in 1991Norway: recorded in 1992Norway: recorded in 1993Norway: recorded in 1994Norway: recorded in 1995Norway: recorded in 1996Norway: recorded in 1997Norway: recorded in 1998Norway: recorded in 1999Norway: recorded in 2000Norway: recorded in 2002Norway: recorded in 2003Norway: recorded in 2004Norway: recorded in 2005Norway: recorded in 2006Norway: recorded in 2007Norway: recorded in 2008Norway: recorded in 2009Norway: recorded in 2010Norway: recorded in 2011Norway: recorded in 2012Norway: recorded in 2014Norway: recorded in 2016Norway: recorded in 2018Norway: recorded in 2019Norway: recorded in 2020Norway: recorded in 2021Norway: recorded in 2023Norway: recorded in 2025Norway: highest position in 1961England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 2008Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 2001Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2002Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2003Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2004Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2005Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2021Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2024Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 202119452025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Norway1945–202575#94 in 1961
England and Wales1996–202530#845 in 2008
Republic of Ireland2001–202524#270 in 2021

Its high point came 60 years earlier in Norway (1961) than in Republic of Ireland (2021).

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What is known about Mai

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
3 official registrars, 1945–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Not established
Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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.