Mae
Girl · MAY · English
Mae is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “the month of May”. In 2025 it ranked 381st for girls in the UK (124 babies) and 500th for girls in the US (594 babies).
What does Mae mean?
English: variant of May, the month or a pet form of Mary and Margaret
“the month of May”
Variant of May, both the spring month and an old pet form of Mary and Margaret.
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Is Mae a girl's or a boy's name?
Mae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 124 girls in the UK and 594 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #381among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 124about 1 in 2,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 124 girls in the UK were named Mae, making it the 381st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 460th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 186 girls.
2025 had more girls named Mae than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Mae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 212 girls in the UK were given Mae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #249, up from #381 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 391st in England and Wales, 284th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
Mae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124 | #381 |
| 2024 | 101 | #458 |
| 2023 | 109 | #423 |
| 2022 | 99 | #468 |
| 2021 | 99 | #478 |
| 2020 | 97 | #460 |
| 2019 | 86 | #524 |
| 2018 | 75 | #601 |
| 2017 | 72 | #634 |
| 2016 | 91 | #517 |
| 2015 | 93 | #505 |
| 2014 | 89 | #532 |
| 2013 | 100 | #462 |
| 2012 | 93 | #516 |
| 2011 | 98 | #479 |
| 2010 | 110 | #439 |
| 2009 | 126 | #386 |
| 2008 | 149 | #337 |
| 2007 | 186 | #285 |
| 2006 | 126 | #370 |
| 2005 | 91 | #453 |
| 2004 | 101 | #403 |
| 2003 | 90 | #431 |
| 2002 | 80 | #445 |
| 2001 | 93 | #391 |
| 2000 | 83 | #423 |
| 1999 | 53 | #577 |
| 1998 | 45 | #628 |
| 1997 | 44 | #648 |
| 1996 | 41 | #644 |
How popular is Mae in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #500among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 594about 1 in 2,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 594 girls in the US were named Mae, making it the 500th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 572nd. Its busiest year was 1918, with 2,756 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mae in the US since 1880 were born between 1909 and 1939, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 903 girls in the US were given Mae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #364, up from #500 for this spelling alone.
Mae in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 594 | #500 |
| 2024 | 578 | #529 |
| 2023 | 599 | #506 |
| 2022 | 614 | #511 |
| 2021 | 622 | #501 |
| 2020 | 511 | #572 |
| 2019 | 556 | #548 |
| 2018 | 561 | #553 |
| 2017 | 461 | #637 |
| 2016 | 535 | #579 |
| 2015 | 513 | #588 |
| 2014 | 413 | #686 |
| 2013 | 419 | #676 |
| 2012 | 373 | #746 |
| 2011 | 337 | #802 |
| 2010 | 259 | #979 |
| 2009 | 240 | #1,063 |
| 2008 | 230 | #1,123 |
| 2007 | 208 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 207 | #1,173 |
| 2005 | 175 | #1,277 |
| 2004 | 151 | #1,379 |
| 2003 | 119 | #1,611 |
| 2002 | 140 | #1,375 |
| 2001 | 112 | #1,626 |
| 2000 | 132 | #1,400 |
| 1999 | 99 | #1,665 |
| 1998 | 83 | #1,842 |
| 1997 | 68 | #2,067 |
| 1996 | 56 | #2,337 |
| 1995 | 61 | #2,184 |
| 1994 | 66 | #2,074 |
| 1993 | 45 | #2,671 |
| 1992 | 53 | #2,428 |
| 1991 | 64 | #2,086 |
| 1990 | 59 | #2,169 |
| 1989 | 58 | #2,114 |
| 1988 | 55 | #2,088 |
| 1987 | 59 | #1,917 |
| 1986 | 53 | #2,024 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,947 |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,726 |
| 1983 | 60 | #1,770 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,735 |
| 1981 | 59 | #1,848 |
| 1980 | 79 | #1,502 |
| 1979 | 65 | #1,694 |
| 1978 | 71 | #1,546 |
| 1977 | 75 | #1,468 |
| 1976 | 69 | #1,499 |
| 1975 | 86 | #1,291 |
| 1974 | 87 | #1,252 |
| 1973 | 90 | #1,194 |
| 1972 | 92 | #1,169 |
| 1971 | 75 | #1,405 |
| 1970 | 120 | #1,026 |
| 1969 | 127 | #943 |
| 1968 | 112 | #984 |
| 1967 | 147 | #826 |
| 1966 | 181 | #730 |
| 1965 | 189 | #720 |
| 1964 | 205 | #724 |
| 1963 | 247 | #643 |
| 1962 | 259 | #627 |
| 1961 | 358 | #517 |
| 1960 | 347 | #519 |
| 1959 | 368 | #509 |
| 1958 | 374 | #495 |
| 1957 | 459 | #437 |
| 1956 | 465 | #423 |
| 1955 | 575 | #366 |
| 1954 | 554 | #370 |
| 1953 | 640 | #326 |
| 1952 | 640 | #319 |
| 1951 | 730 | #290 |
| 1950 | 737 | #287 |
| 1949 | 792 | #274 |
| 1948 | 884 | #252 |
| 1947 | 859 | #253 |
| 1946 | 806 | #249 |
| 1945 | 854 | #225 |
| 1944 | 868 | #224 |
| 1943 | 876 | #224 |
| 1942 | 997 | #204 |
| 1941 | 993 | #191 |
| 1940 | 1,018 | #185 |
| 1939 | 1,060 | #180 |
| 1938 | 1,083 | #183 |
| 1937 | 1,071 | #185 |
| 1936 | 1,136 | #170 |
| 1935 | 1,267 | #160 |
| 1934 | 1,384 | #147 |
| 1933 | 1,290 | #148 |
| 1932 | 1,456 | #141 |
| 1931 | 1,462 | #141 |
| 1930 | 1,650 | #137 |
| 1929 | 1,767 | #132 |
| 1928 | 1,808 | #130 |
| 1927 | 2,072 | #125 |
| 1926 | 2,261 | #118 |
| 1925 | 2,332 | #116 |
| 1924 | 2,369 | #114 |
| 1923 | 2,428 | #109 |
| 1922 | 2,404 | #111 |
| 1921 | 2,589 | #110 |
| 1920 | 2,730 | #99 |
| 1919 | 2,634 | #99 |
| 1918 | 2,756 | #95 |
| 1917 | 2,507 | #96 |
| 1916 | 2,607 | #92 |
| 1915 | 2,486 | #89 |
| 1914 | 2,049 | #85 |
| 1913 | 1,814 | #79 |
| 1912 | 1,775 | #74 |
| 1911 | 1,449 | #70 |
| 1910 | 1,453 | #65 |
| 1909 | 1,230 | #68 |
| 1908 | 1,384 | #57 |
| 1907 | 1,375 | #57 |
| 1906 | 1,225 | #60 |
| 1905 | 1,284 | #60 |
| 1904 | 1,214 | #58 |
| 1903 | 1,192 | #58 |
| 1902 | 1,261 | #53 |
| 1901 | 1,140 | #54 |
| 1900 | 1,406 | #54 |
| 1899 | 1,035 | #59 |
| 1898 | 1,239 | #56 |
| 1897 | 1,144 | #54 |
| 1896 | 1,148 | #55 |
| 1895 | 1,193 | #52 |
| 1894 | 1,134 | #54 |
| 1893 | 1,071 | #53 |
| 1892 | 1,101 | #52 |
| 1891 | 933 | #54 |
| 1890 | 920 | #58 |
| 1889 | 883 | #57 |
| 1888 | 836 | #60 |
| 1887 | 680 | #58 |
| 1886 | 641 | #61 |
| 1885 | 578 | #63 |
| 1884 | 542 | #64 |
| 1883 | 423 | #70 |
| 1882 | 406 | #71 |
| 1881 | 314 | #75 |
| 1880 | 344 | #71 |
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