Jae
Jae is given to both girls and boys: 18 girls and 42 boys were given it in 2025 (#6,413 among girls’ names and #2,955 among boys’, #4,986 among all names counting both); 2,980 Americans have been recorded with it since 1918 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,730 Americans named Jae and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 24 years old and half are between 12 and 42.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jae by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jae mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jae is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jae?
#2,955 among boys’ names, 2025
Jae rose from #2,991 in 2015 to #2,955 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 20.3 to 24.6 per million.
71 babies in 2020, the peak
Jae peaked in 2020, when 71 babies were given it (44 boys, #2,775 among boys’ names). The 60 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 85% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,413 | 42 | #2,955 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,498 | 29 | #3,835 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,174 | 43 | #2,915 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,708 | 35 | #3,370 |
| 2021 | 26 | #5,011 | 27 | #3,944 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,805 | 44 | #2,775 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,507 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,917 | 26 | #4,038 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,741 | 36 | #3,212 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,356 | 42 | #2,855 |
Every recorded year (96)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23 | #5,731 | 39 | #2,991 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,498 | 36 | #3,115 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,466 | 33 | #3,291 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,308 | 39 | #2,977 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,571 | 32 | #3,390 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,859 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,971 | 35 | #3,236 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,623 | 36 | #3,183 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,207 | 27 | #3,826 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,395 | 28 | #3,635 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,640 | 32 | #3,191 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,595 | 25 | #3,681 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,145 | 26 | #3,472 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,320 | 31 | #2,966 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,599 | 30 | #3,014 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,576 | 26 | #3,239 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,923 | 17 | #4,218 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,414 | 17 | #4,082 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,935 | 17 | #3,944 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,368 | 17 | #3,894 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,573 | 20 | #3,359 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,323 | 26 | #2,800 |
| 1993 | 19 | #5,071 | 27 | #2,653 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,310 | 20 | #3,265 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,053 | 25 | #2,704 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,497 | 17 | #3,508 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,403 | 24 | #2,639 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,709 | 29 | #2,159 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,538 | 22 | #2,500 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,270 | 16 | #3,049 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,191 | 23 | #2,321 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,486 | 16 | #2,870 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,249 | 14 | #3,140 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,324 | 16 | #2,894 |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,005 | 13 | #3,297 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,467 | 10 | #3,961 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,367 | 12 | #3,440 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,109 | 18 | #2,517 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,747 | 18 | #2,499 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,347 | 17 | #2,546 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,687 | 13 | #2,976 |
| 1974 | under 5 | 10 | #3,420 | |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,785 | 12 | #2,921 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,899 | 13 | #2,731 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,185 | 9 | #3,487 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,352 | 11 | #2,969 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,640 | 8 | #3,428 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,430 | 11 | #2,648 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,312 | 11 | #2,540 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,961 | 12 | #2,381 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,627 | 7 | #3,385 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,466 | 11 | #2,594 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,673 | 16 | #2,073 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,880 | 8 | #3,159 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,240 | 12 | #2,469 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,374 | 15 | #2,165 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,511 | 15 | #2,155 |
| 1958 | 10 | #4,049 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,786 | 20 | #1,814 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,613 | 11 | #2,558 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,284 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,823 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,994 | 9 | #2,801 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,858 | 5 | #3,976 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,752 | 7 | #3,205 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,526 | 8 | #2,888 |
| 1949 | 8 | #4,033 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,368 | 5 | #3,911 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,134 | 5 | #3,988 |
| 1946 | under 5 | 5 | #3,754 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 5 | #3,527 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 9 | #2,539 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 5 | #3,776 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 5 | #3,809 | |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,270 | under 5 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 6 | #3,338 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 6 | #3,325 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 5 | #3,795 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 9 | #2,880 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 6 | #3,919 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 6 | #3,966 | |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,212 | 7 | #3,544 |
| 1925 | under 5 | 5 | #4,553 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 7 | #3,666 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 5 | #4,618 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 5 | #4,471 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Jae a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,980 Americans recorded as Jae, 43% are girls and 57% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jae: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jae, and how old are they?
2,730 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 2,980 Americans ever recorded as Jae. The median Jae alive today is 24 years old; half are between 12 and 42.
The 2020 Census counted 9,440 people named Jae (3,005 women and girls, 6,435 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,449 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 16 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 268 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 312 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 536 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 819 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 778 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jae born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 6 | #2,312 | 0.5× |
| Texas | 5 | #2,729 | 0.6× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jae with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 209,571 babies since 1880, Jae is the third most given (1.4% of them). In 2025 it was given to 60 of their 1,067 babies (5.6%), again the third most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jae
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jae and names like it
- Compare Jae and JayBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sJae peaked in 2020.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jae since 1910.
- The top names of 2020The year the most babies were named Jae.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Jae alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with JMost given first.