Meaning not yet researched.
Rae: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 171 in 2025. Its best rank was #313 in 1892.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #313 in 1892; #1,306 in 2025. About 97% of babies named Rae in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,306 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1892, at #313.
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Rae: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 171 girls in 2025. Peak: #313 in 1892 · most girls in one year: 406 (1956).
In 2025, 171 US girls were named Rae, making it the 1,306th most common girls’ name of the year, down 39 places from #1,267 in 2024. That is 13 fewer than the 184 girls named Rae in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #313, reached in 1892. The most girls given the name in a single year was 406, in 1956. For comparison, it was #2,055 in 2015 and #456 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rae in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 10 babies with the name. In all, 24,420 US babies have been given the name, 96% of them girls and 3.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 3,562 babies named Rae.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,006 US girls were named Rae; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 241. In 2025 that was about 1 in 9,399 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Rae ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #475 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Rachel (575,748 babies since 1880), Ray (210,307 babies since 1880), Raya (8,008 babies since 1880) and Raye (2,603 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Raeah 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: Raeah (59).
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 Rae in the open dataset we use.
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 39 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 9 | #475 | — |
| Oregon | 5 | #708 | — |
| Arizona | 8 | #800 | — |
| Colorado | 5 | #1,019 | — |
| California | 25 | #1,080 | #1,645 |
| Florida | 13 | #1,160 | — |
| Washington | 5 | #1,204 | — |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,247 | — |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,312 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,358 | — |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,367 | #1,413 |
| Texas | 10 | #2,174 | #3,684 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 171 | #1,306 | 5 | #13,425 |
| 2024 | 184 | #1,267 | 11 | #7,633 |
| 2023 | 199 | #1,204 | 5 | #13,690 |
| 2022 | 207 | #1,170 | 5 | #13,856 |
| 2021 | 241 | #1,048 | 7 | #10,537 |
| 2020 | 233 | #1,065 | 11 | #7,386 |
| 2019 | 200 | #1,179 | 7 | #10,554 |
| 2018 | 218 | #1,126 | 7 | #10,477 |
| 2017 | 159 | #1,434 | 8 | #9,487 |
| 2016 | 194 | #1,262 | 5 | #13,716 |
| 2015 | 96 | #2,055 | — | — |
| 2014 | 89 | #2,151 | 7 | #10,462 |
| 2013 | 71 | #2,526 | — | — |
| 2012 | 84 | #2,260 | 5 | #13,745 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,896 | 5 | #13,848 |
| 2010 | 57 | #3,003 | 6 | #11,845 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,926 | — | — |
| 2008 | 63 | #2,849 | 5 | #14,120 |
| 2007 | 60 | #2,985 | — | — |
| 2006 | 69 | #2,624 | — | — |
| 2005 | 66 | #2,601 | — | — |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,803 | 6 | #11,011 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,116 | 6 | #10,542 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,812 | 5 | #12,058 |
| 2001 | 74 | #2,208 | — | — |
| 2000 | 74 | #2,169 | — | — |
| 1999 | 64 | #2,335 | 6 | #9,598 |
| 1998 | 70 | #2,098 | 7 | #8,239 |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,941 | 8 | #7,119 |
| 1996 | 84 | #1,777 | 7 | #7,763 |
| 1995 | 105 | #1,505 | 6 | #8,617 |
| 1994 | 105 | #1,503 | 6 | #8,551 |
| 1993 | 94 | #1,622 | — | — |
| 1992 | 99 | #1,570 | — | — |
| 1991 | 101 | #1,545 | 5 | #9,265 |
| 1990 | 124 | #1,314 | — | — |
| 1989 | 123 | #1,284 | 7 | #6,758 |
| 1988 | 121 | #1,237 | — | — |
| 1987 | 115 | #1,238 | 6 | #6,752 |
| 1986 | 95 | #1,364 | — | — |
| 1985 | 108 | #1,260 | 5 | #7,332 |
| 1984 | 101 | #1,265 | — | — |
| 1983 | 133 | #1,047 | — | — |
| 1982 | 157 | #948 | — | — |
| 1981 | 150 | #980 | 6 | #6,059 |
| 1980 | 147 | #1,001 | — | — |
| 1979 | 177 | #872 | — | — |
| 1978 | 167 | #879 | 5 | #6,531 |
| 1977 | 129 | #1,033 | 5 | #6,614 |
| 1976 | 131 | #975 | 5 | #6,265 |
| 1975 | 157 | #854 | — | — |
| 1974 | 173 | #790 | 5 | #5,807 |
| 1973 | 175 | #771 | — | — |
| 1972 | 213 | #690 | — | — |
| 1971 | 244 | #657 | 6 | #4,779 |
| 1970 | 282 | #615 | — | — |
| 1969 | 269 | #611 | 5 | #4,865 |
| 1968 | 293 | #560 | — | — |
| 1967 | 327 | #521 | 5 | #4,407 |
| 1966 | 218 | #654 | 12 | #2,430 |
| 1965 | 314 | #537 | 8 | #3,186 |
| 1964 | 307 | #562 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1963 | 308 | #554 | 6 | #3,931 |
| 1962 | 339 | #532 | 5 | #4,492 |
| 1961 | 273 | #615 | 6 | #3,960 |
| 1960 | 247 | #643 | 10 | #2,824 |
| 1959 | 290 | #579 | 6 | #3,897 |
| 1958 | 324 | #540 | 10 | #2,775 |
| 1957 | 393 | #478 | 13 | #2,354 |
| 1956 | 406 | #455 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1955 | 367 | #475 | 11 | #2,526 |
| 1954 | 370 | #460 | 13 | #2,292 |
| 1953 | 340 | #459 | 7 | #3,359 |
| 1952 | 309 | #477 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1951 | 341 | #449 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1950 | 316 | #456 | 14 | #2,092 |
| 1949 | 308 | #457 | 7 | #3,234 |
| 1948 | 311 | #454 | 18 | #1,803 |
| 1947 | 350 | #438 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1946 | 260 | #486 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1945 | 252 | #450 | 8 | #2,714 |
| 1944 | 220 | #483 | 19 | #1,615 |
| 1943 | 283 | #442 | 10 | #2,524 |
| 1942 | 278 | #437 | 6 | #3,487 |
| 1941 | 201 | #491 | 13 | #2,067 |
| 1940 | 197 | #487 | 9 | #2,632 |
| 1939 | 193 | #483 | 10 | #2,413 |
| 1938 | 184 | #491 | 10 | #2,444 |
| 1937 | 191 | #474 | 13 | #2,067 |
| 1936 | 213 | #444 | 16 | #1,779 |
| 1935 | 249 | #414 | 12 | #2,218 |
| 1934 | 221 | #438 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1933 | 270 | #395 | 8 | #2,938 |
| 1932 | 205 | #458 | 14 | #2,073 |
| 1931 | 203 | #452 | 14 | #2,079 |
| 1930 | 167 | #525 | 24 | #1,523 |
| 1929 | 178 | #507 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1928 | 193 | #499 | 25 | #1,513 |
| 1927 | 183 | #521 | 18 | #1,937 |
| 1926 | 155 | #572 | 15 | #2,165 |
| 1925 | 223 | #462 | 14 | #2,295 |
| 1924 | 190 | #519 | 22 | #1,717 |
| 1923 | 176 | #542 | 27 | #1,453 |
| 1922 | 177 | #531 | 21 | #1,747 |
| 1921 | 200 | #494 | 17 | #2,037 |
| 1920 | 198 | #490 | 20 | #1,806 |
| 1919 | 213 | #455 | 26 | #1,441 |
| 1918 | 231 | #436 | 17 | #1,980 |
| 1917 | 229 | #421 | 12 | #2,393 |
| 1916 | 199 | #450 | 14 | #2,125 |
| 1915 | 215 | #408 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 1914 | 202 | #376 | 14 | #1,755 |
| 1913 | 130 | #435 | 9 | #2,056 |
| 1912 | 127 | #412 | 6 | #2,485 |
| 1911 | 105 | #395 | 6 | #1,697 |
| 1910 | 87 | #425 | — | — |
| 1909 | 84 | #400 | — | — |
| 1908 | 81 | #407 | — | — |
| 1907 | 73 | #416 | — | — |
| 1906 | 64 | #432 | — | — |
| 1905 | 59 | #441 | — | — |
| 1904 | 73 | #391 | — | — |
| 1903 | 76 | #369 | — | — |
| 1902 | 64 | #389 | — | — |
| 1901 | 57 | #390 | — | — |
| 1900 | 68 | #406 | — | — |
| 1899 | 66 | #359 | 6 | #1,029 |
| 1898 | 61 | #394 | — | — |
| 1897 | 67 | #360 | — | — |
| 1896 | 63 | #368 | 5 | #1,229 |
| 1895 | 81 | #321 | 8 | #854 |
| 1894 | 73 | #327 | 6 | #1,053 |
| 1893 | 71 | #321 | — | — |
| 1892 | 76 | #313 | — | — |
| 1891 | 62 | #321 | — | — |
| 1890 | 53 | #353 | — | — |
| 1889 | 44 | #367 | — | — |
| 1888 | 49 | #346 | — | — |
| 1887 | 38 | #353 | — | — |
| 1886 | 34 | #370 | — | — |
| 1885 | 17 | #537 | — | — |
| 1884 | 23 | #423 | — | — |
| 1883 | 23 | #392 | — | — |
| 1882 | 17 | #455 | — | — |
| 1881 | 7 | #731 | — | — |
| 1880 | 10 | #573 | — | — |
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).