Grae — #8564 US boys' name
160 babies named Grae in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Grae was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Grae in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Grae
The Social Security Administration has registered 160 babies named Grae between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Grae currently holds the #8564 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Grae is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 157 additional births since 1993.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Grae performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Grae shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Grae in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Grae in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 160 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Grae at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Grae popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2020)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #8564 among boys.
160 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 18 births in a single year.
Grae popularity over time — girls
157 total births recorded since 1993 (Grae as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Grae accounts for 50% of total recorded use across both genders.
Grae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 68 births that decade — 43% of Grae's all-time total
Grae decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 58 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Grae's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Grae by state
Where Grae concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.1% |
5 of 160 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.