girls:
150 births since 1993
#5566 (3rd percentile)
boys:
151 births since 1992
#4435 (3rd percentile)
overall:
301 births since 1992
#7438 (4th percentile)
The name Grae is the #7,438 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 301 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 3.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,435 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 151 births since 1992. For girls, it ranks #5,566 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 150 births since 1993.
Grae first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (1992 for boys and 1993 for girls). Birth data for Grae is available in 18 out of the 32 years between 1992 and 2023 (16 years for girls and 15 years for boys). 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 Grae is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 57.7% of babies named Grae were boys.
For boys, Grae reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #888) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Grae ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 84.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Grae reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #950) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Grae ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 73.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Grae".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Grae. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Grae is pronounced as gray, which has 1 syllables.
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