Brae**
#13,549 most common girls' name of all time · #22,403 across all names · 42% male / 58% female · used 1970–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#13,549
Rank overall
#22,403 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
352
Since 2016
89
Peak year
1995 #9,058
Best rank
#6,984 1970
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Brae first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2023 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #12,472 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #13,925 |
| 2021 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #15,740 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2018 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,748 |
| 2017 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,492 |
| 2016 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #12,025 |
| 2015 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,100 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #11,172 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #17,050 |
| 2012 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #10,633 |
| 2011 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #17,312 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2009 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #15,633 |
| 2008 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2005 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,010 |
| 2004 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #10,953 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2001 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,948 |
| 2000 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,163 |
| 1999 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1996 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,948 |
| 1995 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #9,058 |
| 1994 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #11,001 |
| 1993 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #12,325 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,885 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,640 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,541 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,660 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,930 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,728 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,037 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,846 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,906 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,984 |