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My

#12,771 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Diminutive of Maria

My has been given to 1,340 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #12,771 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1982, with 91 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 82% girls, 18% boys all-time.

Babies named My, 2025

1 in 474,000

My over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — My over time

In 2025, My went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

My: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Maria

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What My means

My is a diminutive of Maria.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

My is used in Swedish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈmyː/ for My.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through My → Maria → Maria → מרים. The family’s proposed meaning is “to be bitter”, recorded in Hebrew with the source elements m-r-r.

Origin, language, and formation

My is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Maria.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,101 girls were recorded with the name My between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 91 in 1982; its best national rank was #1,362 in 1982.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,037 in 2020 to #12,771 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,294 in 2015 to #12,771 in 2025.

In the United States, 239 boys were recorded with the name My between 1975 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 22 in 1980; its best national rank was #2,315 in 1982.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is My?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 230,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#12,771
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where My sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another My. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as My was born before 1986 — so the typical My is around 39 today.

Median birth year
1986
About 39 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
49.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
19.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,101
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Choose a decade

1980s — 49.0% of all recorded uses (540).

Is My rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,941
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,734
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,477
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.50×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
7.7%
Peak was 1982 (91)
Years since peak
43
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
41.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,362
1982

Where My is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, My was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 123,481 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Colorado1 in —
  3. 3Kansas1 in —
  4. 4Louisiana1 in —
  5. 5Minnesota1 in —
  6. 6Oklahoma1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. My has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where My is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, My was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 807,794 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. My has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

My around the world

Where My ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2024
    #4,844
    in 2024
  • France
    1963–2025
    #6,183
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2024
    #446
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1991–2015
    #3,185
    in 2015
  • South Australia
    1980–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

My by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#12,771
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,734
Best rank ever
#1,362
1982
Peak year
1982
91 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,101
Count in 2025
7

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,315
1982
Peak year
1980
22 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2002
All-time count
239
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to My

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for My

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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