Brae was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales.
Brae as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Scotland
2025
#10,695 (6)
#4,275 (4)
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2023
#7,289 (11)
#2,161 (10)
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2022
#12,330 (5)
#2,530 (8)
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2021
#9,714 (7)
#3,017 (6)
#605 (4)
2020
#9,554 (7)
#2,228 (9)
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2019
#12,145 (5)
#3,013 (6)
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2018
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#2,693 (7)
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2017
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#3,040 (6)
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2016
#9,664 (7)
#3,079 (6)
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2015
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#3,908 (4)
#686 (3)
2014
#8,781 (8)
#3,362 (5)
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2013
#12,136 (5)
#2,660 (7)
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2012
#12,274 (5)
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2011
#10,808 (6)
#4,647 (3)
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2010
#10,766 (6)
#2,629 (7)
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Brae as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2023
#12,197 (7)
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2022
#13,592 (6)
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2021
#15,251 (5)
#5,581 (3)
2018
#10,545 (9)
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2017
#14,124 (6)
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2016
#11,781 (8)
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2015
#10,866 (9)
#5,730 (3)
2014
#10,955 (9)
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2013
#16,547 (5)
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2012
#10,429 (10)
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2011
#16,764 (5)
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2009
#15,242 (6)
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2005
#16,462 (5)
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2004
#10,690 (9)
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2001
#13,521 (6)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2023 at #7,289.
Holding steady over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1980.
In 2023, 39% of US babies named Brae were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.