Mei

“Beautiful, from Mandarin mei” — Chinese (Mandarin) origin

Girl's name · #1744 in the US (2025) · Trending

Mei is climbing: on the charts since 1947, it reached #1744 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 120 girls given the name last year. Roughly 1,900 have carried it all-time. It is also an American family name — about 7,900 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data.

Around the world: about 1 in 5,700 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 8,500 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 19,000 girls in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Meis

Mei Finegold — Israeli singer
Mei Nagano — Japanese actress (born 1999)
Mei Yamazaki — Japanese singer, dancer and model
Mei Li Vos — Dutch politician, trade unionist and editorialist
Mei Kurokawa — Japanese actress

In stories & tradition

Mei — Overwatch universe
Mei Chaofeng — The Legend of the Condor Heroes
Mei Mei — character

What Meis become

Among 305 notable people named Mei:

Entertainers appear 2.18× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mei Finegold, Israeli singer.

Similar names: Kaori · Milah · Eimy · Nami · Emi · Yumi

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