first name
MAE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 25,052 people named Mae, 52.1% reported their origin as White, 30.8% as Black and 9.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mae peaked in 1918, when 2,769 babies got the name.
At least 115,441 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Mae by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #73. The largest share of babies named Mae, 45.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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.
Where Mae is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mae has been most common in Mississippi (4.4×), South Carolina (3.1×), and Arkansas (3.1×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.16×).
81,207 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Mae
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mae, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mae ranks #29,114 of 156,621, with 867 people. See Mae as a last name
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