Rae

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Primarily a girl's name · 93% girls

Origin: Korean

Meaning

Rae is a unisex given name. The Scottish name Rae is often associated with the Gaelic term "rath" which means "fortress." Rae is also the female variant of the Old High German Ray from regin meaning โ€œcounselโ€.

From Wikipedia

Rae first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2020 with 41 babies (rank #699 that year). In 2024 it was given to 40 girls (rank #741). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Rae

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Rae yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

624
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
41
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199112#1,373
199215#1,187
199311#1,463
19949#1,620
199514#1,288
199610#1,644
199718#1,038
199818#1,031
19998#1,955
200013#1,326
20016#2,529
200210#1,682
20036#2,620
200410#1,796
20057#2,423
200610#1,906
20078#2,361
200812#1,776
200910#2,087
201010#2,114
201113#1,698
201213#1,727
201313#1,739
201418#1,357
201516#1,457
201628#956
201731#888
201834#817
201929#923
202041#699
202136#805
202224#1,075
202330#885
202440#741