Rae

Girl name

Rae has been given to 24,420 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1956.

Meaning & origin /ɹeɪ/

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

24,420

Peak year

1956 (412 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +83%

Gender split

96% girls / 4% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Rae.

23,826 babies since 1916

23,278 babies since 1899

25,629 babies since 1880

23,099 babies since 1880

23,014 babies since 1918

27,242 babies since 1905

28,557 babies since 1885

20,068 babies since 1918

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