# Rae (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rae/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɹeɪ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 24,420 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 960 / 23,460 (96% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,008, 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 | 60 | 2,896 |
| 2012 | 84 | 2,260 |
| 2013 | 71 | 2,526 |
| 2014 | 89 | 2,151 |
| 2015 | 96 | 2,055 |
| 2016 | 194 | 1,262 |
| 2017 | 159 | 1,434 |
| 2018 | 218 | 1,126 |
| 2019 | 200 | 1,179 |
| 2020 | 233 | 1,065 |
| 2021 | 241 | 1,048 |
| 2022 | 207 | 1,170 |
| 2023 | 199 | 1,204 |
| 2024 | 184 | 1,267 |
| 2025 | 171 | 1,306 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 14,120 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,845 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,848 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,745 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,462 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,716 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,487 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,477 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,554 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,386 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,537 |
| 2022 | 5 | 13,856 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,690 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,633 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,425 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 915 |
| 2012 | 53 | 749 |
| 2013 | 41 | 900 |
| 2014 | 54 | 731 |
| 2015 | 56 | 708 |
| 2016 | 122 | 377 |
| 2017 | 105 | 420 |
| 2018 | 151 | 314 |
| 2019 | 136 | 334 |
| 2020 | 142 | 320 |
| 2021 | 168 | 282 |
| 2022 | 144 | 308 |
| 2023 | 122 | 352 |
| 2024 | 126 | 347 |
| 2025 | 121 | 353 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Rae

- Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian singer (born 1985)
- Addison Rae, American singer (born 2000)
- Rae Dawn Chong, Canadian-American actress
- Valkyrae, American video game streamer (born 1992)
- Rae Allen, American actress (1926–2022)
- Rae Armantrout, American poet (born 1947)
- Kylie Rae Harris, American country singer-songwriter (1989-2019)
- Rae Morris, British singer
- Rae Lin D'Alie, American basketball player
- Rae Berger, American actor and director (1877-1931)
- Rae Sloan Bredin, American painter and teacher, 1881-1933
- Alec Baldwin, American actor (born 1958)

## 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.