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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |