Meaning and history
Rae is a short form of Rachel and can also be used as a feminine form of Ray.
20062006: 69 births, rank #2,602
2007: 60 births, rank #2,964
2008: 63 births, rank #2,831
2009: 60 births, rank #2,892
2010: 57 births, rank #2,976
20112011: 60 births, rank #2,868
2012: 84 births, rank #2,232
2013: 71 births, rank #2,508
2014: 89 births, rank #2,139
2015: 96 births, rank #2,039
20162016: 194 births, rank #1,257
2017: 159 births, rank #1,432
2018: 218 births, rank #1,122
2019: 200 births, rank #1,179
2020: 233 births, rank #1,063
20212021: 241 births, rank #1,045
2022: 207 births, rank #1,166
2023: 199 births, rank #1,202
2024: 184 births, rank #1,264
20252025: 171 births, rank #1,299
Rae rose from #980 to #948 for girls between 1981 and 1982. Its highest annual birth count came in 1956, with 406 births.