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Jae

#2,955 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Jae has been given to 2,980 babies in the U.S. since 1918. In 2025 it ranked #2,955 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 44 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 57% boys, 43% girls all-time.

Babies named Jae, 2025

1 in 78,900

Jae over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jae over time

In 2025, Jae went to 30% girls and 70% boys.

19182025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jae: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jae means

Jae has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Jae

One of the source’s documented entries for Jae records a meaning of talent, ability or wealth, riches.

A separate documented entry treats Jae as a variant of Jay. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Origin, language, and formation

Jae is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,700 boys were recorded with the name Jae between 1918 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 44 in 2020; its best national rank was #1,814 in 1957.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,775 in 2020 to #2,955 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,991 in 2015 to #2,955 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,280 girls were recorded with the name Jae between 1926 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 33 in 2006; its best national rank was #2,858 in 1952.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,805 in 2020 to #6,413 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,731 in 2015 to #6,413 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jae?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 78,900
42 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 40,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,955
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
54,713 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jae sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 54,713 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jae. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jaes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jae was born before 2000 — so the typical Jae is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
20.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
49.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,594
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 20.8% of all recorded uses (354).

Is Jae rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+880
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−180
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+36
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.08×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
95.5%
Peak was 2020 (44)
Years since peak
5
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,814
1957

Where Jae is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jae was most concentrated in Kansas — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 160,985 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kansas1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 100,000
  4. 4New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jae has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Jae is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jae was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 529,871 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jae has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jae around the world

Where Jae ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • Scotland
    1997–2009
    #549
    in 2009
  • France
    2012–2018
    #6,229
    in 2018
  • Canada
    1995–2021
    #2,155
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1964–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jae by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,955
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 180
Best rank ever
#1,814
1957
Peak year
2020
44 that year
First recorded
1918
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,700
Count in 2025
42

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,413
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,608
Best rank ever
#2,858
1952
Peak year
2006
33 that year
First recorded
1926
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,280
Count in 2025
18

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Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Jae

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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