Rae · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Rae.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1880

Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.

Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 146 recorded years as a table

Rae, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	110
1881	76
1882	158
1883	205
1884	178
1885	128
1886	235
1887	260
1888	274
1889	247
1890	278
1891	334
1892	358
1893	333
1894	327
1895	347
1896	265
1897	286
1898	236
1899	283
1900	227
1901	238
1902	242
1903	290
1904	265
1905	202
1906	217
1907	229
1908	242
1909	242
1910	219
1911	251
1912	228
1913	208
1914	265
1915	219
1916	191
1917	212
1918	200
1919	188
1920	165
1921	162
1922	147
1923	146
1924	152
1925	183
1926	131
1927	153
1928	167
1929	159
1930	148
1931	191
1932	192
1933	268
1934	212
1935	237
1936	205
1937	180
1938	167
1939	176
1940	172
1941	166
1942	206
1943	203
1944	166
1945	193
1946	165
1947	197
1948	183
1949	180
1950	184
1951	189
1952	167
1953	181
1954	191
1955	188
1956	202
1957	192
1958	161
1959	143
1960	122
1961	135
1962	172
1963	160
1964	162
1965	178
1966	129
1967	198
1968	179
1969	159
1970	161
1971	147
1972	140
1973	120
1974	118
1975	108
1976	89
1977	84
1978	109
1979	110
1980	89
1981	90
1982	93
1983	80
1984	60
1985	63
1986	55
1987	66
1988	68
1989	67
1990	65
1991	54
1992	54
1993	52
1994	59
1995	60
1996	48
1997	43
1998	40
1999	36
2000	41
2001	41
2002	30
2003	26
2004	32
2005	36
2006	36
2007	31
2008	33
2009	33
2010	32
2011	34
2012	48
2013	40
2014	50
2015	54
2016	109
2017	92
2018	128
2019	119
2020	144
2021	147
2022	126
2023	124
2024	114
2025	106

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

Utah 4.7×
California 1.3×
New York 1.2×
Florida 1.0×
Texas 0.6×

See Rae on a full map

More like it

More like Rae

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 171
Rank in 2025: #1,299
How rare: 1 in 9,399 girls
Since 1880: 23,460

Most popular in 1892, at 358 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 98% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Utah	4.7×	27
California	1.3×	72
New York	1.2×	33
Florida	1.0×	29
Texas	0.6×	32

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.