Rae
Pronounced R EY1 (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 1956
- 145 years in use
- 5 spellings
How popular is Rae?
Rae is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 33,526 children — the 691st most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about three times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 1956, when 551 children were given it.
Five other spellings are counted in that total — Ray, Raye, Rea and two more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Rae and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Ray
- Raye
- Rea
- Rey
- Wray
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R EY1
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Rae
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Rae
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Rae?
- Rae ranks 691st among girls' names in US records, with 33,526 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,995.
- Is Rae a unisex name?
- No. Rae is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Rae most popular?
- 1956, when 551 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Rae spelled?
- Ray, Raye, Rea, Rey, Wray. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.