NameTides

Mae

Mae was the #500 girls' name in the US in 2025 (594 babies), and #391 in England & Wales and #484 in Canada.

Mae as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mae as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Mae as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#500 (594)#391 (108)#284 (12)#334 (4)#180 (26)#484 (63)
2024#529 (578)#443 (95)#476 (6)—#197 (22)#386 (78)
2023#506 (599)#429 (95)#342 (10)#328 (4)#226 (18)#364 (81)
2022#511 (614)#462 (91)#625 (4)#354 (4)#214 (21)#378 (80)
2021#501 (622)#469 (91)#558 (5)#446 (3)#221 (21)#458 (66)
2020#572 (511)#445 (93)#636 (4)—#197 (23)#586 (49)
2019#548 (556)#537 (75)#560 (5)#263 (6)#201 (24)#486 (66)
2018#553 (561)#624 (65)#502 (6)#361 (4)#218 (22)#532 (58)
2017#637 (461)#631 (66)#501 (6)—#341 (12)#552 (57)
2016#579 (535)#509 (85)—#353 (4)#254 (18)#675 (44)
2015#588 (513)#478 (90)#806 (3)—#431 (10)#595 (50)
2014#686 (413)#494 (86)#802 (3)—#274 (18)#544 (57)
2013#676 (419)#450 (93)#449 (7)—#424 (10)#739 (38)
2012#746 (373)#499 (88)—#451 (3)#371 (13)#660 (44)
2011#802 (337)#486 (88)#579 (5)#311 (5)#359 (13)#689 (41)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1892 at #52.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,700 baby girls 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 810common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mae is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,700 to 1 in 2,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mae by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #176MEWisconsin: #326WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #586WAIdaho: #351IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #262MNIllinois: #337ILMichigan: #374MINew York: #533NYMassachusetts: #215MAOregon: #320ORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #481INOhio: #462OHPennsylvania: #487PANew Jersey: #572NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #855CAUtah: #184UTColorado: #389CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #427MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #632AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #361KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #581NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: #270MSAlabama: #391ALGeorgia: #529GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #684TXFlorida: #796FL
Mae (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#38513
Ontario2024#44228

Mae (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MaeCanadaGirls#48463
MaeCanadaBoys—too few
MaeEngland & WalesGirls#391108
MaeIrelandGirls#18026
MaeNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
MaeScotlandGirls#28412
MaeUSGirls#500594
MaeUSBoys—too few