Meaning and history
Mae is a variant of May. A notable bearer was the American actress Mae West (1893–1980), whose birth name was Mary.
20062006: 207 births, rank #1,173
2007: 208 births, rank #1,205
2008: 230 births, rank #1,123
2009: 240 births, rank #1,063
2010: 259 births, rank #979
20112011: 337 births, rank #802
2012: 373 births, rank #746
2013: 419 births, rank #676
2014: 413 births, rank #686
2015: 513 births, rank #588
20162016: 535 births, rank #579
2017: 461 births, rank #637
2018: 561 births, rank #553
2019: 556 births, rank #548
2020: 511 births, rank #572
20212021: 622 births, rank #501
2022: 614 births, rank #511
2023: 599 births, rank #506
2024: 578 births, rank #529
20252025: 594 births, rank #500
Mae rose from #529 to #501 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 2,756 births.