NameTides

Mei

Mei was the #1,733 girls' name in the US in 2025 (117 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Mei as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mei as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Mei as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,733 (117)#2,138 (13)——#2,475 (8)
2024#1,955 (101)#2,575 (10)——#2,685 (7)
2023#2,314 (79)#2,063 (13)——#1,774 (12)
2022#2,995 (55)#2,325 (11)——#1,854 (11)
2021#2,608 (66)#1,866 (15)——#2,377 (8)
2020#2,597 (65)#1,687 (17)——#2,591 (7)
2019#2,752 (61)#1,703 (17)—#871 (3)—
2018#2,647 (65)#1,887 (15)——#3,286 (5)
2017#3,091 (52)#2,090 (13)——#2,179 (9)
2016#3,010 (55)#1,689 (18)——#3,294 (5)
2015#3,533 (44)#1,865 (15)——#1,659 (13)
2014#3,272 (49)#1,501 (20)——#2,185 (9)
2013#3,404 (46)#2,649 (9)——#2,595 (7)
2012#3,915 (39)#2,215 (12)——#1,904 (11)
2011#3,843 (39)#2,275 (11)——#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,733.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1947.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Mei is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,800 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mei by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,361CAUtah: #704UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Mei (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MeiCanadaGirls#2,4758
MeiEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
MeiEngland & WalesBoys—too few
MeiIrelandGirls—too few
MeiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MeiScotlandGirls—too few
MeiUSGirls#1,733117