# Jae (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jae/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,980 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,700 / 1,280 (43% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 365, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 7,575 |
| 2012 | 26 | 5,310 |
| 2013 | 32 | 4,468 |
| 2014 | 32 | 4,500 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5,733 |
| 2016 | 25 | 5,357 |
| 2017 | 29 | 4,743 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,921 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,511 |
| 2020 | 27 | 4,807 |
| 2021 | 26 | 5,015 |
| 2022 | 22 | 5,711 |
| 2023 | 25 | 5,177 |
| 2024 | 18 | 6,501 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,414 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 3,391 |
| 2012 | 39 | 2,979 |
| 2013 | 33 | 3,293 |
| 2014 | 36 | 3,117 |
| 2015 | 39 | 2,992 |
| 2016 | 42 | 2,856 |
| 2017 | 36 | 3,213 |
| 2018 | 26 | 4,042 |
| 2019 | 34 | 3,381 |
| 2020 | 44 | 2,776 |
| 2021 | 27 | 3,948 |
| 2022 | 35 | 3,372 |
| 2023 | 43 | 2,916 |
| 2024 | 29 | 3,837 |
| 2025 | 42 | 2,956 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 1997 | 6 | 2,411 |
| 1998 | 8 | 1,979 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2000 | 12 | 1,475 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 18 | 1,252 |
| 2008 | 16 | 1,403 |
| 2009 | 14 | 1,568 |
| 2010 | 15 | 1,551 |
| 2011 | 20 | 1,251 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Jae

- Jae Crowder, American basketball player (born 1990)
- Jae Head, American child actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.