girls:
1.2k births since 1926
#4481 (22nd percentile)
boys:
1.6k births since 1918
#3056 (33rd percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1918
#5048 (35th percentile)
The name Jae is the #5,048 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,867 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 34.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,056 (33.3% percentile) for all time with 1,626 births since 1918. For girls, it ranks #4,481 (21.6% percentile) for all time with 1,241 births since 1926.
Jae first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for boys and 1926 for girls). Birth data for Jae is available in 94 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023 (91 years for boys and 78 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 Jae has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (56.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 62.7% of babies named Jae were boys.
For boys, Jae reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 4.3% percentile (ranked #862) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jae is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #874 (4.1% percentile) with 23 births per million.
For girls, Jae reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #904) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Jae ranks #927 for girls (2.1% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 86.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jae".
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