girls:
63 births since 1957
#5653 (1st percentile)
boys:
122 births since 1978
#4464 (3rd percentile)
overall:
185 births since 1957
#7554 (2nd percentile)
The name Dae is the #7,554 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 185 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 2.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,464 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 122 births since 1978. For girls, it ranks #5,653 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 63 births since 1957.
Dae first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for girls and 1978 for boys). Birth data for Dae is available in 24 out of the 65 years between 1957 and 2021 (18 years for boys and 11 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dae has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (65.9% of all recorded births). In 2021, 100.0% of babies named Dae were boys. Interestingly, until around 1980, the name was more popular for girls (71.4% girls from 1957 to 1979), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (74.7% boys from 1980 to 2021).
For boys, Dae reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #807) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
For girls, Dae reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #894) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2013.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dae".
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