Meaning not yet researched.
Mae: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 594 in 2025. Its best rank was #52 in 1895.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #52 in 1895; #501 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Mae in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#501 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1895, at #52.
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Mae: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 594 girls in 2025. Peak: #52 in 1895 · most girls in one year: 2,756 (1918).
In 2025, 594 US girls were named Mae, making it the 501st most common girls’ name of the year, up 28 places from #529 in 2024. That is 16 more than the 578 girls named Mae in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #52, reached in 1895. The most girls given the name in a single year was 2,756, in 1918. For comparison, it was #588 in 2015 and #287 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mae in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 344 babies with the name. In all, 115,441 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 22,906 babies named Mae.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,631 US girls were named Mae; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 622. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,706 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Mae ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #189 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include May (50,099 babies since 1880), Mea (1,690 babies since 1880), Maya (123,750 babies since 1880) and Maia (18,200 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Mahee, Mahue and Mahie are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Mahee (19), Mahue (6), Mahie (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Mae in the open dataset we use.
Mae is listed as a nickname for Marie, Marietta, Mary, May.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 25 | #189 | #220 |
| Maine | 6 | #196 | #208 |
| Massachusetts | 26 | #220 | #234 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #259 | — |
| Minnesota | 21 | #268 | #399 |
| Mississippi | 10 | #286 | — |
| Wisconsin | 16 | #335 | #282 |
| Illinois | 31 | #341 | #502 |
| Oregon | 11 | #343 | #505 |
| Iowa | 10 | #349 | #292 |
| Michigan | 23 | #384 | #415 |
| Idaho | 6 | #389 | — |
| Kansas | 9 | #391 | — |
| Colorado | 15 | #400 | #432 |
| Alabama | 12 | #418 | #777 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #435 | — |
| Maryland | 12 | #450 | #683 |
| Ohio | 24 | #466 | #563 |
| Missouri | 13 | #468 | #513 |
| Nevada | 6 | #480 | #509 |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | #503 | #418 |
| Indiana | 14 | #505 | #1,034 |
| Georgia | 21 | #541 | #940 |
| New York | 31 | #542 | #541 |
| North Carolina | 18 | #594 | #1,188 |
| New Jersey | 13 | #599 | #642 |
| Washington | 11 | #607 | #424 |
| Virginia | 12 | #640 | #909 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #653 | #405 |
| Arizona | 10 | #662 | #920 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #671 | — |
| Tennessee | 11 | #684 | #534 |
| Texas | 44 | #696 | #949 |
| Florida | 20 | #819 | #852 |
| California | 34 | #869 | #1,044 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #870 | #633 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 594 | #501 | — | — |
| 2024 | 578 | #529 | — | — |
| 2023 | 599 | #506 | 5 | #13,433 |
| 2022 | 614 | #511 | — | — |
| 2021 | 622 | #502 | — | — |
| 2020 | 511 | #576 | — | — |
| 2019 | 556 | #549 | — | — |
| 2018 | 561 | #553 | — | — |
| 2017 | 461 | #640 | — | — |
| 2016 | 535 | #579 | — | — |
| 2015 | 513 | #588 | — | — |
| 2014 | 413 | #686 | — | — |
| 2013 | 419 | #676 | — | — |
| 2012 | 373 | #749 | — | — |
| 2011 | 337 | #804 | — | — |
| 2010 | 259 | #979 | — | — |
| 2009 | 240 | #1,065 | — | — |
| 2008 | 230 | #1,124 | — | — |
| 2007 | 208 | #1,208 | — | — |
| 2006 | 207 | #1,177 | — | — |
| 2005 | 175 | #1,279 | — | — |
| 2004 | 151 | #1,385 | — | — |
| 2003 | 119 | #1,622 | — | — |
| 2002 | 140 | #1,382 | — | — |
| 2001 | 112 | #1,637 | — | — |
| 2000 | 132 | #1,409 | — | — |
| 1999 | 99 | #1,673 | — | — |
| 1998 | 83 | #1,860 | — | — |
| 1997 | 68 | #2,094 | — | — |
| 1996 | 56 | #2,359 | — | — |
| 1995 | 61 | #2,204 | — | — |
| 1994 | 66 | #2,092 | — | — |
| 1993 | 45 | #2,703 | — | — |
| 1992 | 53 | #2,446 | — | — |
| 1991 | 64 | #2,103 | — | — |
| 1990 | 59 | #2,190 | — | — |
| 1989 | 58 | #2,136 | — | — |
| 1988 | 55 | #2,117 | — | — |
| 1987 | 59 | #1,933 | — | — |
| 1986 | 53 | #2,041 | — | — |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,961 | — | — |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,742 | — | — |
| 1983 | 60 | #1,786 | — | — |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,748 | — | — |
| 1981 | 59 | #1,856 | — | — |
| 1980 | 79 | #1,509 | — | — |
| 1979 | 65 | #1,699 | — | — |
| 1978 | 71 | #1,553 | — | — |
| 1977 | 75 | #1,478 | — | — |
| 1976 | 69 | #1,509 | — | — |
| 1975 | 86 | #1,297 | — | — |
| 1974 | 87 | #1,257 | — | — |
| 1973 | 90 | #1,195 | — | — |
| 1972 | 92 | #1,176 | — | — |
| 1971 | 75 | #1,413 | — | — |
| 1970 | 120 | #1,033 | — | — |
| 1969 | 127 | #947 | — | — |
| 1968 | 112 | #989 | — | — |
| 1967 | 147 | #829 | — | — |
| 1966 | 181 | #732 | — | — |
| 1965 | 189 | #722 | — | — |
| 1964 | 205 | #724 | — | — |
| 1963 | 247 | #643 | — | — |
| 1962 | 259 | #629 | — | — |
| 1961 | 358 | #517 | — | — |
| 1960 | 347 | #519 | — | — |
| 1959 | 368 | #509 | — | — |
| 1958 | 374 | #495 | 6 | #3,785 |
| 1957 | 459 | #439 | 7 | #3,440 |
| 1956 | 465 | #424 | — | — |
| 1955 | 575 | #367 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 1954 | 554 | #371 | — | — |
| 1953 | 640 | #327 | — | — |
| 1952 | 640 | #319 | 6 | #3,597 |
| 1951 | 730 | #290 | — | — |
| 1950 | 737 | #287 | 8 | #2,937 |
| 1949 | 792 | #274 | 6 | #3,561 |
| 1948 | 884 | #252 | — | — |
| 1947 | 859 | #253 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 1946 | 806 | #249 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1945 | 854 | #225 | 14 | #1,900 |
| 1944 | 868 | #224 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1943 | 876 | #224 | 9 | #2,667 |
| 1942 | 997 | #204 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 1941 | 993 | #191 | 8 | #2,800 |
| 1940 | 1,018 | #185 | 6 | #3,336 |
| 1939 | 1,060 | #180 | 15 | #1,844 |
| 1938 | 1,083 | #183 | 9 | #2,582 |
| 1937 | 1,071 | #185 | 15 | #1,886 |
| 1936 | 1,136 | #170 | 10 | #2,395 |
| 1935 | 1,267 | #160 | 15 | #1,892 |
| 1934 | 1,384 | #147 | 15 | #1,904 |
| 1933 | 1,290 | #148 | 14 | #1,970 |
| 1932 | 1,456 | #141 | 17 | #1,822 |
| 1931 | 1,462 | #141 | 11 | #2,416 |
| 1930 | 1,650 | #137 | 18 | #1,789 |
| 1929 | 1,767 | #132 | 15 | #2,066 |
| 1928 | 1,808 | #130 | 18 | #1,879 |
| 1927 | 2,072 | #125 | 16 | #2,094 |
| 1926 | 2,261 | #118 | 24 | #1,546 |
| 1925 | 2,332 | #116 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1924 | 2,369 | #114 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1923 | 2,428 | #109 | 12 | #2,547 |
| 1922 | 2,404 | #111 | 10 | #2,927 |
| 1921 | 2,589 | #110 | 10 | #2,913 |
| 1920 | 2,730 | #99 | 14 | #2,295 |
| 1919 | 2,634 | #99 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1918 | 2,756 | #95 | 13 | #2,345 |
| 1917 | 2,507 | #96 | 8 | #3,097 |
| 1916 | 2,607 | #92 | 10 | #2,663 |
| 1915 | 2,486 | #89 | 13 | #2,133 |
| 1914 | 2,049 | #85 | 6 | #3,124 |
| 1913 | 1,814 | #79 | 15 | #1,418 |
| 1912 | 1,775 | #74 | 10 | #1,694 |
| 1911 | 1,449 | #71 | 6 | #1,662 |
| 1910 | 1,453 | #65 | 8 | #1,273 |
| 1909 | 1,230 | #68 | 14 | #790 |
| 1908 | 1,384 | #57 | 8 | #1,079 |
| 1907 | 1,375 | #57 | — | — |
| 1906 | 1,225 | #60 | — | — |
| 1905 | 1,284 | #60 | 10 | #823 |
| 1904 | 1,214 | #58 | 5 | #1,327 |
| 1903 | 1,192 | #58 | — | — |
| 1902 | 1,261 | #53 | 9 | #839 |
| 1901 | 1,140 | #54 | — | — |
| 1900 | 1,406 | #54 | 10 | #884 |
| 1899 | 1,035 | #59 | — | — |
| 1898 | 1,239 | #56 | 6 | #1,080 |
| 1897 | 1,144 | #54 | — | — |
| 1896 | 1,148 | #55 | — | — |
| 1895 | 1,193 | #52 | 5 | #1,190 |
| 1894 | 1,134 | #54 | — | — |
| 1893 | 1,071 | #53 | 6 | #983 |
| 1892 | 1,101 | #52 | 7 | #916 |
| 1891 | 933 | #54 | — | — |
| 1890 | 920 | #58 | 6 | #956 |
| 1889 | 883 | #57 | — | — |
| 1888 | 836 | #60 | — | — |
| 1887 | 680 | #58 | — | — |
| 1886 | 641 | #61 | — | — |
| 1885 | 578 | #63 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1884 | 542 | #64 | — | — |
| 1883 | 423 | #70 | — | — |
| 1882 | 406 | #71 | — | — |
| 1881 | 314 | #75 | — | — |
| 1880 | 344 | #71 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).