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Rae

Pronounced /ɹeɪ/

Rank in 2024
#1,258
Born in 2024
184
Peak year
1956 · #453
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 184 girls were named Rae, about 1 in every 8,767.
  • It peaked in 1956 with 406 babies, ranked #453.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 23,287 girls have been named Rae since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Rae per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.2
    Greatest
  2. 0.2
    Silent
  3. 0.2
    Boomers
  4. 0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 3,871 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Silent: 3,898 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Boomers: 6,159 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,416 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,815 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,035 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,090 babies, 0.10 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, also used as a formal given name, mostly as a middle name.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ɹeɪ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Rae, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    #363
    Born '24
    859
    Origin
    —
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    Born '24
    484
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    Born '24
    190
    Origin
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    Born '24
    111
    Origin
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    #2,483
    Born '24
    72
    Origin
    —
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    Rank
    #4,898
    Born '24
    27
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19182024