Mae is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Mae is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #501 for girl births in the United States (and #1,023 across all names), given to 594 babies. Mae was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (2,756 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 594 | 594 | #501 | — |
| 2024 | 578 | 578 | #529 | — |
| 2023 | 604 | 604 | #506 | #13,433 |
| 2022 | 614 | 614 | #511 | — |
| 2021 | 622 | 622 | #502 | — |
| 2020 | 511 | 511 | #576 | — |
| 2019 | 556 | 556 | #549 | — |
| 2018 | 561 | 561 | #553 | — |
| 2017 | 461 | 461 | #640 | — |
| 2016 | 535 | 535 | #579 | — |
| 2015 | 513 | 513 | #588 | — |
| 2014 | 413 | 413 | #686 | — |
| 2013 | 419 | 419 | #676 | — |
| 2012 | 373 | 373 | #749 | — |
| 2011 | 337 | 337 | #804 | — |
| 2010 | 259 | 259 | #979 | — |
| 2009 | 240 | 240 | #1,065 | — |
| 2008 | 230 | 230 | #1,124 | — |
| 2007 | 208 | 208 | #1,208 | — |
| 2006 | 207 | 207 | #1,177 | — |
| 2005 | 175 | 175 | #1,279 | — |
| 2004 | 151 | 151 | #1,385 | — |
| 2003 | 119 | 119 | #1,622 | — |
| 2002 | 140 | 140 | #1,382 | — |
| 2001 | 112 | 112 | #1,637 | — |
| 2000 | 132 | 132 | #1,409 | — |
| 1999 | 99 | 99 | #1,673 | — |
| 1998 | 83 | 83 | #1,860 | — |
| 1997 | 68 | — | #2,094 | — |
| 1996 | 56 | — | #2,359 | — |
| 1995 | 61 | — | #2,204 | — |
| 1994 | 66 | — | #2,092 | — |
| 1993 | 45 | — | #2,703 | — |
| 1992 | 53 | — | #2,446 | — |
| 1991 | 64 | — | #2,103 | — |
| 1990 | 59 | — | #2,190 | — |
| 1989 | 58 | — | #2,136 | — |
| 1988 | 55 | — | #2,117 | — |
| 1987 | 59 | — | #1,933 | — |
| 1986 | 53 | — | #2,041 | — |
| 1985 | 56 | — | #1,961 | — |
| 1984 | 63 | — | #1,742 | — |
| 1983 | 60 | — | #1,786 | — |
| 1982 | 64 | — | #1,748 | — |
| 1981 | 59 | — | #1,856 | — |
| 1980 | 79 | — | #1,509 | — |
| 1979 | 65 | — | #1,699 | — |
| 1978 | 71 | — | #1,553 | — |
| 1977 | 75 | — | #1,478 | — |
| 1976 | 69 | — | #1,509 | — |
| 1975 | 86 | — | #1,297 | — |
| 1974 | 87 | — | #1,257 | — |
| 1973 | 90 | — | #1,195 | — |
| 1972 | 92 | — | #1,176 | — |
| 1971 | 75 | — | #1,413 | — |
| 1970 | 120 | — | #1,033 | — |
| 1969 | 127 | — | #947 | — |
| 1968 | 112 | — | #989 | — |
| 1967 | 147 | — | #829 | — |
| 1966 | 181 | — | #732 | — |
| 1965 | 189 | — | #722 | — |
| 1964 | 205 | — | #724 | — |
| 1963 | 247 | — | #643 | — |
| 1962 | 259 | — | #629 | — |
| 1961 | 358 | — | #517 | — |
| 1960 | 347 | — | #519 | — |
| 1959 | 368 | — | #509 | — |
| 1958 | 380 | — | #495 | #3,785 |
| 1957 | 466 | — | #439 | #3,440 |
| 1956 | 465 | — | #424 | — |
| 1955 | 584 | — | #367 | #2,893 |
| 1954 | 554 | — | #371 | — |
| 1953 | 640 | — | #327 | — |
| 1952 | 646 | — | #319 | #3,597 |
| 1951 | 730 | — | #290 | — |
| 1950 | 745 | — | #287 | #2,937 |
| 1949 | 798 | — | #274 | #3,561 |
| 1948 | 884 | — | #252 | — |
| 1947 | 868 | — | #253 | #2,792 |
| 1946 | 811 | — | #249 | #3,824 |
| 1945 | 868 | — | #225 | #1,900 |
| 1944 | 879 | — | #224 | #2,266 |
| 1943 | 885 | — | #224 | #2,667 |
| 1942 | 1,014 | — | #204 | #1,779 |
| 1941 | 1,001 | — | #191 | #2,800 |
| 1940 | 1,024 | — | #185 | #3,336 |
| 1939 | 1,075 | — | #180 | #1,844 |
| 1938 | 1,092 | — | #183 | #2,582 |
| 1937 | 1,086 | — | #185 | #1,886 |
| 1936 | 1,146 | — | #170 | #2,395 |
| 1935 | 1,282 | — | #160 | #1,892 |
| 1934 | 1,399 | — | #147 | #1,904 |
| 1933 | 1,304 | — | #148 | #1,970 |
| 1932 | 1,473 | — | #141 | #1,822 |
| 1931 | 1,473 | — | #141 | #2,416 |
| 1930 | 1,668 | — | #137 | #1,789 |
| 1929 | 1,782 | — | #132 | #2,066 |
| 1928 | 1,826 | — | #130 | #1,879 |
| 1927 | 2,088 | — | #125 | #2,094 |
| 1926 | 2,285 | — | #118 | #1,546 |
| 1925 | 2,349 | — | #116 | #1,979 |
| 1924 | 2,379 | — | #114 | #2,945 |
| 1923 | 2,440 | — | #109 | #2,547 |
| 1922 | 2,414 | — | #111 | #2,927 |
| 1921 | 2,599 | — | #110 | #2,913 |
| 1920 | 2,744 | — | #99 | #2,295 |
| 1919 | 2,649 | — | #99 | #2,114 |
| 1918 | 2,769 | — | #95 | #2,345 |
| 1917 | 2,515 | — | #96 | #3,097 |
| 1916 | 2,617 | — | #92 | #2,663 |
| 1915 | 2,499 | — | #89 | #2,133 |
| 1914 | 2,055 | — | #85 | #3,124 |
| 1913 | 1,829 | — | #79 | #1,418 |
| 1912 | 1,785 | — | #74 | #1,694 |
| 1911 | 1,455 | — | #71 | #1,662 |
| 1910 | 1,461 | — | #65 | #1,273 |
| 1909 | 1,244 | — | #68 | #790 |
| 1908 | 1,392 | — | #57 | #1,079 |
| 1907 | 1,375 | — | #57 | — |
| 1906 | 1,225 | — | #60 | — |
| 1905 | 1,294 | — | #60 | #823 |
| 1904 | 1,219 | — | #58 | #1,327 |
| 1903 | 1,192 | — | #58 | — |
| 1902 | 1,270 | — | #53 | #839 |
| 1901 | 1,140 | — | #54 | — |
| 1900 | 1,416 | — | #54 | #884 |
| 1899 | 1,035 | — | #59 | — |
| 1898 | 1,245 | — | #56 | #1,080 |
| 1897 | 1,144 | — | #54 | — |
| 1896 | 1,148 | — | #55 | — |
| 1895 | 1,198 | — | #52 | #1,190 |
| 1894 | 1,134 | — | #54 | — |
| 1893 | 1,077 | — | #53 | #983 |
| 1892 | 1,108 | — | #52 | #916 |
| 1891 | 933 | — | #54 | — |
| 1890 | 926 | — | #58 | #956 |
| 1889 | 883 | — | #57 | — |
| 1888 | 836 | — | #60 | — |
| 1887 | 680 | — | #58 | — |
| 1886 | 641 | — | #61 | — |
| 1885 | 583 | — | #63 | #1,030 |
| 1884 | 542 | — | #64 | — |
| 1883 | 423 | — | #70 | — |
| 1882 | 406 | — | #71 | — |
| 1881 | 314 | — | #75 | — |
| 1880 | 344 | — | #71 | — |