Mae
Rank in 2025
#500
recorded as girls
Up 29 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
594
girls 594
Peak year
1892
1,101 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
115,441
since 1880
Born a Mae? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Mae was most popular in 1892, when 1,101 babies recorded as girls got the name (5.2 per 1,000). In 2025, 594 babies were named Mae, ranking #500 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 594 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 578 | 529 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 599 | 506 | 5 | 12239 |
| 2022 | 614 | 511 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 622 | 501 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 511 | 572 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 556 | 548 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 561 | 553 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 461 | 637 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 535 | 579 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 513 | 588 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 413 | 686 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 419 | 676 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 373 | 746 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 337 | 802 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 259 | 979 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 240 | 1063 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 230 | 1123 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 208 | 1205 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 207 | 1173 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 175 | 1277 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 151 | 1380 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 119 | 1612 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 140 | 1376 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 112 | 1627 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 132 | 1402 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 99 | 1667 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 83 | 1845 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 68 | 2070 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 56 | 2340 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 61 | 2189 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 66 | 2079 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 45 | 2676 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 53 | 2433 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 64 | 2092 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 59 | 2174 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 58 | 2119 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 55 | 2093 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 59 | 1918 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 53 | 2025 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 56 | 1948 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 63 | 1726 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 60 | 1770 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 64 | 1735 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 59 | 1848 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 79 | 1502 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 65 | 1694 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 71 | 1546 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 75 | 1468 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 69 | 1499 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 86 | 1291 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 87 | 1252 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 90 | 1194 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 92 | 1169 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 75 | 1405 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 120 | 1026 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 127 | 943 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 112 | 984 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 147 | 826 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 181 | 730 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 189 | 720 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 205 | 724 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 247 | 643 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 259 | 627 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 358 | 517 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 347 | 519 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 368 | 509 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 374 | 495 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1957 | 459 | 437 | 7 | 3257 |
| 1956 | 465 | 424 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 575 | 366 | 9 | 2764 |
| 1954 | 554 | 371 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 640 | 326 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 640 | 319 | 6 | 3373 |
| 1951 | 730 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 737 | 287 | 8 | 2770 |
| 1949 | 792 | 274 | 6 | 3298 |
| 1948 | 884 | 252 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 859 | 253 | 9 | 2671 |
| 1946 | 806 | 249 | 5 | 3525 |
| 1945 | 854 | 225 | 14 | 1852 |
| 1944 | 868 | 224 | 11 | 2195 |
| 1943 | 876 | 224 | 9 | 2563 |
| 1942 | 997 | 204 | 17 | 1730 |
| 1941 | 993 | 191 | 8 | 2656 |
| 1940 | 1,018 | 185 | 6 | 3130 |
| 1939 | 1,060 | 180 | 15 | 1795 |
| 1938 | 1,083 | 183 | 9 | 2479 |
| 1937 | 1,071 | 185 | 15 | 1828 |
| 1936 | 1,136 | 170 | 10 | 2301 |
| 1935 | 1,267 | 160 | 15 | 1837 |
| 1934 | 1,384 | 147 | 15 | 1860 |
| 1933 | 1,290 | 148 | 14 | 1905 |
| 1932 | 1,456 | 141 | 17 | 1777 |
| 1931 | 1,462 | 141 | 11 | 2328 |
| 1930 | 1,650 | 137 | 18 | 1753 |
| 1929 | 1,767 | 132 | 15 | 2002 |
| 1928 | 1,808 | 130 | 18 | 1822 |
| 1927 | 2,072 | 125 | 16 | 2034 |
| 1926 | 2,261 | 118 | 24 | 1515 |
| 1925 | 2,332 | 116 | 17 | 1935 |
| 1924 | 2,369 | 114 | 10 | 2822 |
| 1923 | 2,428 | 109 | 12 | 2446 |
| 1922 | 2,404 | 111 | 10 | 2801 |
| 1921 | 2,589 | 110 | 10 | 2804 |
| 1920 | 2,730 | 99 | 14 | 2231 |
| 1919 | 2,634 | 99 | 15 | 2063 |
| 1918 | 2,756 | 95 | 13 | 2260 |
| 1917 | 2,507 | 96 | 8 | 2956 |
| 1916 | 2,607 | 92 | 10 | 2543 |
| 1915 | 2,486 | 89 | 13 | 2070 |
| 1914 | 2,049 | 85 | 6 | 2915 |
| 1913 | 1,814 | 79 | 15 | 1365 |
| 1912 | 1,775 | 74 | 10 | 1619 |
| 1911 | 1,449 | 70 | 6 | 1537 |
| 1910 | 1,453 | 65 | 8 | 1193 |
| 1909 | 1,230 | 68 | 14 | 756 |
| 1908 | 1,384 | 57 | 8 | 1021 |
| 1907 | 1,375 | 57 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 1,225 | 60 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 1,284 | 60 | 10 | 786 |
| 1904 | 1,214 | 58 | 5 | 1205 |
| 1903 | 1,192 | 58 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 1,261 | 53 | 9 | 794 |
| 1901 | 1,140 | 54 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 1,406 | 54 | 10 | 836 |
| 1899 | 1,035 | 59 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 1,239 | 56 | 6 | 1002 |
| 1897 | 1,144 | 54 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 1,148 | 55 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 1,193 | 52 | 5 | 1079 |
| 1894 | 1,134 | 54 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 1,071 | 53 | 6 | 907 |
| 1892 | 1,101 | 52 | 7 | 861 |
| 1891 | 933 | 54 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 920 | 58 | 6 | 884 |
| 1889 | 883 | 57 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 836 | 60 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 680 | 58 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 641 | 61 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 578 | 63 | 5 | 936 |
| 1884 | 542 | 64 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 423 | 70 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 406 | 71 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 314 | 75 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 344 | 71 | <5 | — |
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Where Mae is most popular
- Utah2.8×
- Massachusetts2.1×
- Minnesota2.0×
- Iowa2.0×
- Colorado1.8×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years