The first name Mae

In 2025, 108 girls were named Mae, making it the 391st most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2007, with 179 births (#268).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Mae with other names.

In 2025, 594 girls born in the United States were named Mae, the 501st most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1918, when 2,756 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Mae West
  American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer (1893–1980)
• Mae Jemison
  American doctor and NASA astronaut, born 1956
• Mae Marsh
  American actress (1894-1968)
• Mae Muller
  British singer, born 1997
• Mae Busch
  American actress (1891-1946)
• Mae Questel
  American actress (1908–1998)
• Mae Clarke
  American actress (1910–1992)
• Hana Mae Lee
  American actress, born 1988
• Mae Murray
  American actress, dancer, film producer, screenwriter (1885–1965)
• Mae Young
  American professional wrestler (1923–2014)
• Nina Mae McKinney
  American actress (1912-1967)
• Mae Faggs
  American Sprinter, first female athletic scholarship, 1932–2000

How popular is the name Mae?

In 2025, 108 girls born in England and Wales were named Mae, ranking 391st. Its peak was 2007, with 179 births.

Is Mae a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 99% of the 115,441 US babies named Mae since 1880 were girls.

When was Mae most popular?

1918 in the United States, when 2,756 babies were named Mae, its highest rank at 95th.

What are other spellings of Mae?

Mai.