The name Mae is a diminutive form of Mary.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Mae has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Mae
Use of the Name Mae for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
103,013
4,414
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Mae has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Mae last appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1969, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Mae
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
71
344
1881
75
314
1882
71
406
1883
70
424
1884
64
542
1885
63
578
1886
61
641
1887
58
680
1888
60
836
1889
57
883
1890
58
920
956
6
1891
54
933
1892
52
1,101
916
7
1893
53
1,071
984
6
1894
54
1,134
1895
52
1,192
1896
55
1,148
1897
54
1,144
1898
56
1,239
1899
59
1,035
1900
54
1,406
887
10
1901
54
1,140
1902
53
1,261
839
9
1903
58
1,190
1904
58
1,214
1905
59
1,285
823
10
1906
60
1,224
1907
57
1,375
1908
57
1,382
1909
68
1,224
789
14
1910
65
1,455
1911
70
1,447
1912
74
1,773
1913
79
1,812
1914
85
2,042
1915
89
2,485
1916
92
2,601
1917
96
2,503
1918
95
2,753
1919
99
2,635
1920
99
2,736
1921
110
2,584
1922
111
2,401
1923
110
2,423
1924
114
2,373
1925
116
2,336
1926
118
2,250
1927
125
2,063
1928
130
1,806
1929
132
1,768
1930
137
1,648
1931
141
1,460
1932
141
1,456
1933
148
1,286
1934
147
1,382
1935
160
1,263
1936
170
1,138
1937
185
1,066
1938
183
1,087
1939
180
1,059
1940
185
1,021
1941
191
991
1942
206
993
1943
224
873
1944
224
870
1945
223
858
1946
251
793
1947
253
865
1948
251
889
1949
274
788
1950
287
740
1951
292
723
1952
317
648
1953
330
634
1954
371
556
1955
364
576
1956
422
468
1957
441
454
1958
498
373
1959
507
370
1960
519
346
1961
517
359
1962
629
259
1963
643
248
1964
728
204
1965
720
189
1966
731
182
1967
825
147
1968
985
112
1969
947
127
Totals:
103,013
62
During the last 125 years, parents have used Mae as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Mae appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 90 times during the last 125 years.