Mcrae — #12535 US boys' name
31 babies named Mcrae in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to boys today.
35% of everyone ever named Mcrae was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Mcrae in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mcrae
The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Mcrae between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mcrae currently holds the #12535 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Mcrae is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1994.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mcrae performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mcrae shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mcrae 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 31 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.
Mcrae at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mcrae popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1952
- Peak year (2008)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 73 years of records
Currently ranks #12535 among boys.
31 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 6 births in a single year.
Mcrae popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1994 (Mcrae as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Mcrae accounts for 14% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mcrae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 11 births that decade — 35% of Mcrae's all-time total
Mcrae decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mcrae's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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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, 1952–2024 (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.