Jae
- #6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births
- #2,941 for boys in 2025, 42 births
- Given to boys 57.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1957 · 20 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,700since 1918
Jae over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,325 | 18 | #2,941 | 42 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | #3,793 | 29 |
| 2023 | #5,126 | 25 | #2,895 | 43 |
| 2022 | #5,638 | 22 | #3,344 | 35 |
| 2021 | #4,964 | 26 | #3,912 | 27 |
| 2020 | #4,757 | 27 | #2,759 | 44 |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 | #3,347 | 34 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2017 | #4,695 | 29 | #3,193 | 36 |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 | #2,838 | 42 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 | #2,966 | 39 |
| 2014 | #4,455 | 32 | #3,090 | 36 |
| 2013 | #4,422 | 32 | #3,265 | 33 |
| 2012 | #5,253 | 26 | #2,954 | 39 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 | #3,364 | 32 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 | #3,072 | 37 |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | #3,223 | 35 |
| 2008 | #5,574 | 25 | #3,165 | 36 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #3,793 | 27 |
| 2006 | #4,358 | 33 | #3,602 | 28 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | #3,172 | 32 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 | #3,636 | 25 |
| 2003 | #5,092 | 24 | #3,443 | 26 |
| 2002 | #4,280 | 29 | #2,943 | 31 |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 | #2,988 | 30 |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | #3,219 | 26 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | #3,303 | 20 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | #2,641 | 27 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #2,683 | 25 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #2,146 | 29 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #2,293 | 23 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #2,044 | 16 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #1,791 | 20 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
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| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
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| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
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| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
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| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
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| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1918
The first year at least five boys were named Jae! It came in at #4,179, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1923, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jae is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246
- Texas#2,574 · 1 in 35,010
Best ever in a state: #282 in Kansas, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
| Texas | #2,574 | 5 | 1 in 35,010 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 852 spots since 2024 (#3,793 → #2,941)
- 182 spots since 2020 (#2,759 → #2,941)
- 25 spots since 2015 (#2,966 → #2,941)
Rise & fade · boys
39 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1957 at #1,791 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 39,229
- Highest: 1 in 39,229 boys born in 2020 were named Jae (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 40,668 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,791 in 1957, was only 1 in 107,862 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 20.8% of all boys named Jae (354) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2007
- Mostly girls until 2006, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,179 (1918) | #4,179 |
| 1920s | 36 | #3,385 (1926) | #3,812 |
| 1930s | 26 | #2,781 (1930) | #3,170 |
| 1940s | 39 | #2,467 (1944) | #3,404 |
| 1950s | 94 | #1,791 (1957) | #2,677 |
| 1960s | 111 | #2,044 (1963) | #2,609 |
| 1970s | 133 | #2,458 (1977) | #2,879 |
| 1980s | 183 | #2,146 (1988) | #2,831 |
| 1990s | 203 | #2,641 (1993) | #3,397 |
| 2000s | 296 | #2,943 (2002) | #3,318 |
| 2010s | 354 | #2,838 (2016) | #3,208 |
| 2020s | 220 | #2,759 (2020) | #3,274 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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