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Mae name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Mae ranks #501 in female records (594 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#501 · 594 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count increased by 16 female records (578 to 594); rank moved from #529 to #501.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 28 female records (622 to 594); rank moved from #502 to #501.
2025 male rank and count
No published 2025 observation. A missing observation is not zero.
Peak year in available data
2021: 622 female records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Mae becoming more popular?

Mae's reported female count increased by 16 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #529 to #501. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published male observation for Mae. That is not a count of zero.

Mae in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for MaeFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.6220201620252016: 535 female records2017: 461 female records2018: 561 female records2019: 556 female records2020: 511 female records2021: 622 female records2022: 614 female records2023: 599 female records2024: 578 female records2025: 594 female records2023: 5 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025594501——
2024578529——
2023599506513,433
2022614511——
2021622502——
2020511576——
2019556549——
2018561553——
2017461640——
2016535579——

Questions about Mae’s popularity

How common is Mae in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Mae ranks #501 in female records (594 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Mae?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Mae only.

Can I compare this name with my partner?

Use Save or Maybe above to start a device shortlist. Create separate accounts and connect them to see each other’s saved names and maybes. Both saving Mae creates a match.

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