How rare is the name Jae?

9,440 people in the United States have the first name Jae, about 1 in 31,995. It ranks #2,562 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JAE

#2,562

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,440
About
1 in 31,995
This common or more
80.2%
Who bears it

Of the 9,440 people named Jae, 71.6% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 13.4% as White and 6.6% as Black. 68.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jae peaked in 2020, when 71 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19182025
Peak year
2020
Births that year
71
In 2025*
60 ▼15%
Recorded as
used for both

At least 2,980 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jae by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #3,919. The largest share of babies named Jae, 27.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#8,13841
1930s#7,53634
1940s#6,18966
1950s#3,919203
1960s#4,348202
1970s#4,783238
1980s#4,697313
1990s#5,049391
2000s#5,176531
2010s#4,959600
2020s#4,979356
Greatest Generation 1901–271.3%
Silent Generation 1928–452.1%
Baby boom 1946–6412.1%
Generation X 1965–8011.5%
Millennials 1981–9618.7%
Generation Z 1997–1227.9%
2013 and later26.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Jae

#2,560 Karlie · 9,445#2,561 Triston · 9,443#2,563 Lainey · 9,421#2,564 Arlo · 9,420

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jae, most common first.

#339 Jay · 164,097#3,209 Jai · 6,708#5,377 Jaye · 3,205#7,912 Ja · 1,870#22,241 Jah · 449#51,177 Jaie · 115

Also a last name

As a last name, Jae ranks #77,462 of 156,621, with 267 people. See Jae as a last name

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