Brae
Mostly boys · BRAY · Scottish
Brae is a name of Scottish origin, meaning “hillside, slope”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Brae mean?
Scottish: Scots word, probably from Old Norse brá
“hillside, slope”
Scots word for a hillside or steep bank, familiar from Scottish place names and songs.
- Say it
- BRAY
Is Brae a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Brae has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Brae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Brae, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Brae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were given Brae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,959, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Bray 6
- Brae 4
In 2023, 17% of the babies named Brae in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Brae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
How popular is Brae in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Brae, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Brae in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were given Brae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,156, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
- Bray 46
- Brae 6
Brae in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
Names like Brae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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