Jae**
#2,449 most common boys' name of all time · #5,906 across all names · 57% male / 43% female · used 1918–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,449
Rank overall
#5,906 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
96 of 146
All-time
2,980
Since 2016
588
Peak year
2020 #2,768
Best rank
#1,826 1957
Girls
Boys
peak 71/yr
Jae first appears in 1918. 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 | 18 | 42 | 60 | #2,951 |
| 2024 | 18 | 29 | 47 | #3,806 |
| 2023 | 25 | 43 | 68 | #2,908 |
| 2022 | 22 | 35 | 57 | #3,362 |
| 2021 | 26 | 27 | 53 | #3,927 |
| 2020 | 27 | 44 | 71 | #2,768 |
| 2019 | 23 | 34 | 57 | #3,366 |
| 2018 | 17 | 26 | 43 | #4,014 |
| 2017 | 29 | 36 | 65 | #3,202 |
| 2016 | 25 | 42 | 67 | #2,846 |
| 2015 | 23 | 39 | 62 | #2,977 |
| 2014 | 32 | 36 | 68 | #3,108 |
| 2013 | 32 | 33 | 65 | #3,276 |
| 2012 | 26 | 39 | 65 | #2,967 |
| 2011 | 16 | 32 | 48 | #3,381 |
| 2010 | 23 | 37 | 60 | #3,088 |
| 2009 | 23 | 35 | 58 | #3,232 |
| 2008 | 25 | 36 | 61 | #3,176 |
| 2007 | 13 | 27 | 40 | #3,820 |
| 2006 | 33 | 28 | 61 | #3,614 |
| 2005 | 18 | 32 | 50 | #3,183 |
| 2004 | 18 | 25 | 43 | #3,656 |
| 2003 | 24 | 26 | 50 | #3,454 |
| 2002 | 29 | 31 | 60 | #2,964 |
| 2001 | 26 | 30 | 56 | #3,008 |
| 2000 | 26 | 26 | 52 | #3,234 |
| 1999 | 22 | 17 | 39 | #4,211 |
| 1998 | 25 | 17 | 42 | #4,061 |
| 1997 | 28 | 17 | 45 | #3,923 |
| 1996 | 18 | 17 | 35 | #3,877 |
| 1995 | 22 | 20 | 42 | #3,332 |
| 1994 | 18 | 26 | 44 | #2,792 |
| 1993 | 19 | 27 | 46 | #2,661 |
| 1992 | 10 | 20 | 30 | #3,254 |
| 1991 | 15 | 25 | 40 | #2,705 |
| 1990 | 11 | 17 | 28 | #3,509 |
| 1989 | 21 | 24 | 45 | #2,643 |
| 1988 | 14 | 29 | 43 | #2,173 |
| 1987 | 18 | 22 | 40 | #2,506 |
| 1986 | 14 | 16 | 30 | #3,049 |
| 1985 | 11 | 23 | 34 | #2,323 |
| 1984 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #2,872 |
| 1983 | 13 | 14 | 27 | #3,132 |
| 1982 | 13 | 16 | 29 | #2,886 |
| 1981 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #3,290 |
| 1980 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #3,935 |
| 1979 | 10 | 12 | 22 | #3,430 |
| 1978 | 10 | 18 | 28 | #2,515 |
| 1977 | 14 | 18 | 32 | #2,506 |
| 1976 | 11 | 17 | 28 | #2,547 |
| 1975 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #2,971 |
| 1974 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,427 |
| 1973 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #2,930 |
| 1972 | 11 | 13 | 24 | #2,733 |
| 1971 | 14 | 9 | 23 | #3,499 |
| 1970 | 19 | 11 | 30 | #2,991 |
| 1969 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #3,454 |
| 1968 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #2,673 |
| 1967 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #2,565 |
| 1966 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #2,416 |
| 1965 | 13 | 7 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1964 | 10 | 11 | 21 | #2,625 |
| 1963 | 9 | 16 | 25 | #2,086 |
| 1962 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #3,203 |
| 1961 | 16 | 12 | 28 | #2,505 |
| 1960 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #2,194 |
| 1959 | 13 | 15 | 28 | #2,174 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1957 | 11 | 20 | 31 | #1,826 |
| 1956 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #2,595 |
| 1955 | 13 | 8 | 21 | #3,139 |
| 1954 | 10 | 11 | 21 | #2,551 |
| 1953 | 14 | 9 | 23 | #2,853 |
| 1952 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #4,054 |
| 1951 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,290 |
| 1950 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #2,971 |
| 1949 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1948 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #4,032 |
| 1947 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #4,109 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,866 |
| 1945 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,679 |
| 1944 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,611 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,912 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,917 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,470 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,471 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,930 |
| 1930 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,008 |
| 1928 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,054 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,120 |
| 1926 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,674 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,674 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,746 |
| 1918 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,706 |