How Many People Are Named Mae?
people named Mae are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,840 people in the US has this name
Based on 115,441 babies named Mae in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,769 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MAY. A famous bearer was American actress Mae West (1893-1980), whose birth name was Mary.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Mae in English. Counting Mae and these spellings together, about 37,275 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Mae (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mae alive today is about 50 years old, and 54% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 12 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mae first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 2,769 babies. In 2025, 594 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mae never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #52, in 1892 and 1895, and it was in the top 100 for 41 years, 1880 to 1920. In 2025 it ranked #501.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #501 |
| Best rank | #52 (1892 and 1895) |
| Years in the top 100 | 41 (1880 to 1920) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #120 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mae alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mae were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,759 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mae was given 3 times as often in Mississippi, 2.4 times in South Carolina and 2.1 times in Arkansas.
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