first name
RAE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 13,639 people named Rae, 78.1% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as Black and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 95.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rae peaked in 1956, when 412 babies got the name.
At least 24,420 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.
Rae by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #540. The largest share of babies named Rae, 26%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Rae is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rae has been most common in Utah (2.6×), Hawaii (2×), and New York (1.9×), and least common in Georgia (0.11×).
15,436 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 Rae
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rae, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rae ranks #6,363 of 156,621, with 5,142 people. See Rae as a last name
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