How popular is May/Mae as a first name?

[Cortina]

Do you know many May/Maes?

About 6 under 4yrs old then another 10 ish with it has a middle name.

As a first name, not popular at all.

As a middle name, ubiquitous and as common as that other default middle name Rose.

Both are lovely and simple as stand-alones, but yawningly boring as middle names.

Don't spell it Mae though- that's try-too-hard.

I think it's too short for a first name, if that makes sense?

I know loads of Mae's, some first names and some second names - very popular. We considered it for DD2 as it's a family name, but am glad we didn't now.

About a thousand with is as a middle name but I have only ever met one girl with May as a first name - well I say girl she was in her twenties at the time and I thought it sounded incredibly pretty. Agree re the spelling , please not Mae

Sorry I'm lying, I do know a 2 year old Mabel who gets called May. I like it as a first name

I've never met a first name May either. It's a family name and I think it's lovely. But please May, not Mae.

I love May as a first name, don't know why people don't use it more. Unfortunately I'll never be able to use it for any future DD as with my surname it sounds like a description. So please use it!

Don't know any children with Mae/May as first name.
Hugely popular as a middle name (along with Grace and Rose).

My grandmother was May. I love the name especially when spelt Mae. I don't know any children with that name at the moment.

I don't know any May/Mae first name-ers. Only middle names. very unimaginative as a middle name - Ellie-Mae, Molly-May etc - surely the Louiseof the early 21st century?

But May as a first name is really rather sweet.

Yes, one aged 10 in Ds class.

More as middle names

But deffo May, not Mae

I think it's lovely. prefer Mae as May too much like month. v pretty

Mae is a family name and I absolutely love it. So that it has exploded in popularity like it has.

Mae is much nicer than May....i am biased as have an Ellie Mae {and couldn't give a stuff how 'common' or'unimaginative' people think that is.....}she loves it and we have never come across anotherin any of her circle of friends....

I've met one small child with it as a first name. I like both spellings. I also like Mai (pn My) which is slightly more unusual.

Never met one, surprised that so many have. Just looked at the stats out of nosiness nad May is #392 and Mae is #319, there's also Mai trailing behind at #839... So it's not like it's mega-popular. The Daisy-Mae, Ellie-May type names are a lot more popular than just May/Mae on its own.

I think May is quite distinctive as a first name, pretty but nice and simple too, not fussy.

I hate the spelling Mae too made up. My DD has May as a middle name after my mum and my grandmother who both had it as a middle name.

It was up by Mae West whose original name was Mary

I think its is lovely as a first name and although I know a few Mai's (the welsh spelling) it's not that popular.
FWIW I think it's lovely as a middle name, can't quite understand why people get so bothered about someone elses childs middle names, hardly anyone uses their full name anyway.

I dont know any with it as a first name. I know 74 with it as a middle name.

My great grandmother was called Mae. She was born in 1899. I'm sure she would have been interested to know that it was "made up by Mae West" 20 years later!