Unisex name · since 2012
Bae
Bae has 28 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,633 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bae sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 28 recorded since 2012.
Social Security Administration records show Bae recorded 28 times among girls since 2012, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2021.
- #41,633 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bae ranks #41,633 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #41,633 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bae's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bae's full recorded timeline at 2014, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bae popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2021
- Peak year (2014)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Bae popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2013 (Bae as boys' name)
Bae by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (23 births, 82% of the file).
2010s was Bae's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Bae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
23 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 23 births (82% of all-time use).
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What to do with Bae's data
- Bae's decade-level peak was the 2010s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~9 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2012–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bae draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.