Is Mae a boy or girl name?
Mae is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 574 girls and 0 boys were named Mae, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.5% of the 114,841 US babies named Mae were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #530
- Babies named Mae since 1880
- 114,841
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 2,769 babies
Boys and girls named Mae, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | 5,647 | 99.9% |
| 1890s | 30 | 10,918 | 99.7% |
| 1900s | 56 | 12,711 | 99.6% |
| 1910s | 104 | 21,530 | 99.5% |
| 1920s | 146 | 22,759 | 99.4% |
| 1930s | 139 | 12,860 | 98.9% |
| 1940s | 85 | 8,947 | 99.1% |
| 1950s | 36 | 5,542 | 99.4% |
| 1960s | 0 | 2,172 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 830 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 606 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 654 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,714 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 4,427 | 100% |
| 2020s | 5 | 2,918 | 99.8% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 574 | #530 |
| 2023 | 5 | #13,425 | 599 | #506 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 614 | #511 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 620 | #504 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 511 | #574 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 556 | #549 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 561 | #553 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 461 | #640 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 535 | #579 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 513 | #588 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 413 | #686 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 419 | #676 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 373 | #749 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 337 | #804 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 259 | #979 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 240 | #1,065 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 230 | #1,124 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 208 | #1,208 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 207 | #1,177 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 175 | #1,279 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 151 | #1,385 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 119 | #1,622 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 140 | #1,382 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 112 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 132 | #1,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 99 | #1,672 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 83 | #1,861 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 68 | #2,094 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 56 | #2,359 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 61 | #2,204 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 66 | #2,092 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 45 | #2,703 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 53 | #2,446 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 64 | #2,103 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 59 | #2,189 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 58 | #2,136 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 55 | #2,117 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 59 | #1,933 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 53 | #2,041 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 56 | #1,961 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 63 | #1,742 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 60 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 64 | #1,747 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 59 | #1,856 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 79 | #1,509 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 65 | #1,699 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 71 | #1,553 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 75 | #1,478 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 69 | #1,508 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 86 | #1,297 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 87 | #1,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 90 | #1,195 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 92 | #1,176 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 75 | #1,414 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 120 | #1,033 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 127 | #947 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 112 | #989 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 147 | #829 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 181 | #732 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 189 | #722 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 205 | #724 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 247 | #643 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 259 | #629 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 359 | #517 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 346 | #519 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 368 | #509 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,784 | 374 | #495 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,440 | 459 | #439 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 465 | #424 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,893 | 575 | #367 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 554 | #371 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 640 | #327 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,597 | 640 | #319 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 730 | #290 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,937 | 737 | #287 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,561 | 792 | #274 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 884 | #252 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,792 | 859 | #253 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,823 | 806 | #249 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,900 | 854 | #225 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,266 | 868 | #224 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,667 | 876 | #224 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,779 | 997 | #204 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,800 | 993 | #191 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,336 | 1,018 | #185 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,844 | 1,060 | #180 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,582 | 1,083 | #183 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,886 | 1,071 | #185 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,394 | 1,136 | #170 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,891 | 1,267 | #160 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,904 | 1,384 | #147 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,970 | 1,290 | #148 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,822 | 1,456 | #141 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,416 | 1,462 | #141 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,789 | 1,651 | #137 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,066 | 1,766 | #132 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,879 | 1,808 | #130 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,094 | 2,072 | #125 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,546 | 2,261 | #118 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,979 | 2,332 | #116 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,945 | 2,369 | #114 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,547 | 2,428 | #109 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,927 | 2,404 | #111 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,913 | 2,589 | #110 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,295 | 2,730 | #99 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,114 | 2,634 | #99 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,345 | 2,756 | #95 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,097 | 2,507 | #96 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,663 | 2,607 | #92 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,133 | 2,486 | #89 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,124 | 2,049 | #85 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,418 | 1,814 | #79 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,694 | 1,775 | #74 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,662 | 1,449 | #71 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,273 | 1,453 | #65 |
| 1909 | 14 | #790 | 1,230 | #68 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,079 | 1,384 | #57 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 1,375 | #57 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 1,225 | #60 |
| 1905 | 10 | #823 | 1,284 | #60 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,327 | 1,214 | #58 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 1,192 | #58 |
| 1902 | 9 | #839 | 1,261 | #53 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 1,140 | #54 |
| 1900 | 10 | #884 | 1,406 | #54 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 1,035 | #59 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,080 | 1,239 | #56 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 1,144 | #54 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 1,148 | #55 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,190 | 1,193 | #52 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 1,134 | #54 |
| 1893 | 6 | #983 | 1,071 | #53 |
| 1892 | 7 | #916 | 1,101 | #52 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 933 | #54 |
| 1890 | 6 | #956 | 920 | #58 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 883 | #57 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 836 | #60 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 680 | #58 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 641 | #61 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,030 | 578 | #63 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 542 | #64 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 423 | #70 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 406 | #71 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 314 | #75 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 344 | #71 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Mae reached #790 in 1909. As a girl name, it reached #52 in 1892. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Mae
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.