How Many People Are Named Mei?
people named Mei are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 187,484 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,859 babies named Mei in Social Security records from 1947 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
117 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mei in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mei alive today is about 18 years old, and 78% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mei first appears in the records in 1947, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 117 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1947 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mei has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,744, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #1,744.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,744 |
| Best rank | #1,744 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,363 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mei alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mei were born in California than in any other state: about 321 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mei was given 4.5 times as often in New York and 3.6 times in California.
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