Rae
Rank in 2025
#1299
recorded as girls
Down 35 since 2024
#12008
recorded as boys
Down 4,751 since 2024
Babies in 2025
176
girls 171 · boys 5
Peak year
1892
76 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
24,420
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Rae was most popular in 1892, when 76 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.36 per 1,000). In 2025, 171 babies were named Rae, ranking #1299 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 171 | 1299 | 5 | 12008 |
| 2024 | 184 | 1264 | 11 | 7257 |
| 2023 | 199 | 1202 | 5 | 12239 |
| 2022 | 207 | 1166 | 5 | 12330 |
| 2021 | 241 | 1045 | 7 | 9714 |
| 2020 | 233 | 1063 | 11 | 7034 |
| 2019 | 200 | 1179 | 7 | 9756 |
| 2018 | 218 | 1122 | 7 | 9670 |
| 2017 | 159 | 1432 | 8 | 8840 |
| 2016 | 194 | 1257 | 5 | 12185 |
| 2015 | 96 | 2039 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 89 | 2139 | 7 | 9642 |
| 2013 | 71 | 2508 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 84 | 2232 | 5 | 12274 |
| 2011 | 60 | 2868 | 5 | 12287 |
| 2010 | 57 | 2976 | 6 | 10766 |
| 2009 | 60 | 2892 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 63 | 2831 | 5 | 12553 |
| 2007 | 60 | 2964 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 69 | 2602 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 66 | 2580 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 58 | 2781 | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | 48 | 3085 | 6 | 9581 |
| 2002 | 54 | 2780 | 5 | 10667 |
| 2001 | 74 | 2193 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 74 | 2158 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 64 | 2307 | 6 | 8704 |
| 1998 | 70 | 2083 | 7 | 7560 |
| 1997 | 75 | 1927 | 8 | 6618 |
| 1996 | 84 | 1767 | 7 | 7136 |
| 1995 | 105 | 1502 | 6 | 7792 |
| 1994 | 105 | 1495 | 6 | 7770 |
| 1993 | 94 | 1611 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 99 | 1565 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 101 | 1537 | 5 | 8236 |
| 1990 | 124 | 1307 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 123 | 1277 | 7 | 6229 |
| 1988 | 121 | 1230 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 115 | 1234 | 6 | 6089 |
| 1986 | 95 | 1360 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 108 | 1259 | 5 | 6523 |
| 1984 | 101 | 1260 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 133 | 1044 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 157 | 947 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 150 | 976 | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | 147 | 995 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 177 | 872 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 167 | 876 | 5 | 5772 |
| 1977 | 129 | 1031 | 5 | 5845 |
| 1976 | 131 | 971 | 5 | 5587 |
| 1975 | 157 | 849 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 173 | 787 | 5 | 5227 |
| 1973 | 175 | 767 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 213 | 689 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 244 | 657 | 6 | 4375 |
| 1970 | 282 | 614 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 269 | 610 | 5 | 4404 |
| 1968 | 293 | 560 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 327 | 521 | 5 | 3966 |
| 1966 | 218 | 654 | 12 | 2327 |
| 1965 | 314 | 537 | 8 | 2982 |
| 1964 | 307 | 561 | 7 | 3282 |
| 1963 | 308 | 554 | 6 | 3646 |
| 1962 | 339 | 532 | 5 | 4033 |
| 1961 | 273 | 614 | 6 | 3652 |
| 1960 | 247 | 641 | 10 | 2685 |
| 1959 | 290 | 579 | 6 | 3619 |
| 1958 | 324 | 540 | 10 | 2642 |
| 1957 | 393 | 477 | 13 | 2274 |
| 1956 | 406 | 453 | 6 | 3535 |
| 1955 | 367 | 475 | 11 | 2435 |
| 1954 | 370 | 459 | 13 | 2207 |
| 1953 | 340 | 458 | 7 | 3143 |
| 1952 | 309 | 477 | 10 | 2514 |
| 1951 | 341 | 447 | 16 | 1904 |
| 1950 | 316 | 456 | 14 | 2019 |
| 1949 | 308 | 457 | 7 | 3019 |
| 1948 | 311 | 453 | 18 | 1758 |
| 1947 | 350 | 436 | 16 | 1916 |
| 1946 | 260 | 486 | 11 | 2271 |
| 1945 | 252 | 447 | 8 | 2574 |
| 1944 | 220 | 482 | 19 | 1574 |
| 1943 | 283 | 441 | 10 | 2405 |
| 1942 | 278 | 436 | 6 | 3212 |
| 1941 | 201 | 490 | 13 | 1997 |
| 1940 | 197 | 486 | 9 | 2478 |
| 1939 | 193 | 483 | 10 | 2288 |
| 1938 | 184 | 489 | 10 | 2326 |
| 1937 | 191 | 474 | 13 | 1992 |
| 1936 | 213 | 443 | 16 | 1723 |
| 1935 | 249 | 413 | 12 | 2127 |
| 1934 | 221 | 437 | 7 | 2973 |
| 1933 | 270 | 395 | 8 | 2738 |
| 1932 | 205 | 457 | 14 | 1995 |
| 1931 | 203 | 452 | 14 | 2003 |
| 1930 | 167 | 524 | 24 | 1496 |
| 1929 | 178 | 507 | 16 | 1933 |
| 1928 | 193 | 498 | 25 | 1480 |
| 1927 | 183 | 520 | 18 | 1871 |
| 1926 | 155 | 572 | 15 | 2074 |
| 1925 | 223 | 461 | 14 | 2193 |
| 1924 | 190 | 519 | 22 | 1675 |
| 1923 | 176 | 539 | 27 | 1420 |
| 1922 | 177 | 530 | 21 | 1695 |
| 1921 | 200 | 492 | 17 | 1980 |
| 1920 | 198 | 489 | 20 | 1747 |
| 1919 | 213 | 454 | 26 | 1408 |
| 1918 | 231 | 436 | 17 | 1905 |
| 1917 | 229 | 420 | 12 | 2280 |
| 1916 | 199 | 449 | 14 | 2043 |
| 1915 | 215 | 408 | 10 | 2458 |
| 1914 | 202 | 374 | 14 | 1687 |
| 1913 | 130 | 434 | 9 | 1945 |
| 1912 | 127 | 411 | 6 | 2269 |
| 1911 | 105 | 392 | 6 | 1537 |
| 1910 | 87 | 424 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 84 | 397 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 81 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 73 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 64 | 428 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 59 | 439 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 73 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 76 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 64 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 57 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 68 | 402 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 66 | 359 | 6 | 928 |
| 1898 | 61 | 393 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 67 | 356 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 63 | 365 | 5 | 1101 |
| 1895 | 81 | 320 | 8 | 795 |
| 1894 | 73 | 326 | 6 | 954 |
| 1893 | 71 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 76 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 62 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 53 | 350 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 44 | 362 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 49 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 38 | 348 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 34 | 365 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 17 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 23 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 23 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 17 | 446 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 7 | 679 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 10 | 547 | <5 | — |
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Where Rae is most popular
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- Washington2.0×
- New York1.5×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 96% · boys 4% across all years