Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rae

#929 most common girls' name of all time · #1,673 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#929
Rank overall
#1,673 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
24,420
Since 2016
2,077
Peak year
1956 #454
Best rank
#313 1892
Girls Boys peak 412/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Rae is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 171 5 176 #1,299
2024 184 11 195 #1,264
2023 199 5 204 #1,202
2022 207 5 212 #1,168
2021 241 7 248 #1,046
2020 233 11 244 #1,063
2019 200 7 207 #1,179
2018 218 7 225 #1,122
2017 159 8 167 #1,433
2016 194 5 199 #1,258
2015 96 96 #2,039
2014 89 7 96 #2,140
2013 71 71 #2,511
2012 84 5 89 #2,235
2011 60 5 65 #2,870
2010 57 6 63 #2,977
2009 60 60 #2,894
2008 63 5 68 #2,831
2007 60 60 #2,964
2006 69 69 #2,602
2005 66 66 #2,580
2004 58 6 64 #2,782
2003 48 6 54 #3,085
2002 54 5 59 #2,781
2001 74 74 #2,195
2000 74 74 #2,159
1999 64 6 70 #2,309
1998 70 7 77 #2,083
1997 75 8 83 #1,927
1996 84 7 91 #1,767
1995 105 6 111 #1,502
1994 105 6 111 #1,495
1993 94 94 #1,611
1992 99 99 #1,566
1991 101 5 106 #1,537
1990 124 124 #1,308
1989 123 7 130 #1,278
1988 121 121 #1,232
1987 115 6 121 #1,234
1986 95 95 #1,360
1985 108 5 113 #1,259
1984 101 101 #1,260
1983 133 133 #1,044
1982 157 157 #947
1981 150 6 156 #977
1980 147 147 #995
1979 177 177 #873
1978 167 5 172 #877
1977 129 5 134 #1,031
1976 131 5 136 #972
1975 157 157 #850
1974 173 5 178 #787
1973 175 175 #767
1972 213 213 #689
1971 244 6 250 #657
1970 282 282 #614
1969 269 5 274 #610
1968 293 293 #560
1967 327 5 332 #521
1966 218 12 230 #654
1965 314 8 322 #537
1964 307 7 314 #561
1963 308 6 314 #555
1962 339 5 344 #532
1961 273 6 279 #614
1960 247 10 257 #642
1959 290 6 296 #579
1958 324 10 334 #540
1957 393 13 406 #478
1956 406 6 412 #454
1955 367 11 378 #475
1954 370 13 383 #460
1953 340 7 347 #459
1952 309 10 319 #477
1951 341 16 357 #448
1950 316 14 330 #456
1949 308 7 315 #457
1948 311 18 329 #454
1947 350 16 366 #437
1946 260 11 271 #486
1945 252 8 260 #448
1944 220 19 239 #482
1943 283 10 293 #441
1942 278 6 284 #436
1941 201 13 214 #490
1940 197 9 206 #487
1939 193 10 203 #483
1938 184 10 194 #490
1937 191 13 204 #475
1936 213 16 229 #443
1935 249 12 261 #414
1934 221 7 228 #437
1933 270 8 278 #395
1932 205 14 219 #457
1931 203 14 217 #452
1930 167 24 191 #525
1929 178 16 194 #507
1928 193 25 218 #498
1927 183 18 201 #520
1926 155 15 170 #572
1925 223 14 237 #461
1924 190 22 212 #519
1923 176 27 203 #539
1922 177 21 198 #531
1921 200 17 217 #494
1920 198 20 218 #489
1919 213 26 239 #455
1918 231 17 248 #436
1917 229 12 241 #421
1916 199 14 213 #450
1915 215 10 225 #408
1914 202 14 216 #376
1913 130 9 139 #435
1912 127 6 133 #411
1911 105 6 111 #394
1910 87 87 #425
1909 84 84 #399
1908 81 81 #407
1907 73 73 #415
1906 64 64 #431
1905 59 59 #440
1904 73 73 #391
1903 76 76 #369
1902 64 64 #390
1901 57 57 #391
1900 68 68 #403
1899 66 6 72 #360
1898 61 61 #395
1897 67 67 #360
1896 63 5 68 #368
1895 81 8 89 #320
1894 73 6 79 #326
1893 71 71 #321
1892 76 76 #313
1891 62 62 #321
1890 53 53 #353
1889 44 44 #367
1888 49 49 #345
1887 38 38 #352
1886 34 34 #370
1885 17 17 #531
1884 23 23 #421
1883 23 23 #395
1882 17 17 #455
1881 7 7 #688
1880 10 10 #573