Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Mae

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Mae
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

2,756

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

79.2%

2024

574

All-time

114,235

Mae has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 2,756 girls were named Mae.

In 2024, only 574 girls were given the name.

Down 79.2% from its peak.

All told, about 114,235 Americans have been named Mae and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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