Mai is a girl's name of Japanese origin meaning “wheat and buy.” In 2024 it was given to 49 girls in the United States.
Mai belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its meaning — “wheat and buy” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Mai first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #792 in 1881, and in 2024 49 babies received the name — 5,622 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Mai means “wheat and buy” in its Japanese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Mai is a girl name. In 2024, 49 babies received the name in the US.
Mai comes from the Japanese tradition.
Mai first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #792 in 1881, and 49 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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