Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

May

Name: SSA baby-name counts for May
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1919

Peak rank proxy

981

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19192024

Peak year

1919

Decline from peak

82.9%

2024

168

All-time

49,216

May has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1919, when 981 girls were named May.

In 2024, only 168 girls were given the name.

Down 82.9% from its peak.

All told, about 49,216 Americans have been named May and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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