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Mae

“Diminutive of Margaret, Mary, or Mabel; also a variant of May” — English origin

Girl's name · #500 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Mae has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #52 (1892) · 114,835 babies named Mae all-time · 1 in 2,700 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 810 girls in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 1,500 girls in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 1,800 girls in N. Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 41 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Maes

• Mae West — American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer (1893–1980)
• Mae Jemison — American doctor and NASA astronaut
• Mae Whitman — American actress
• Mae Marsh — American actress (1894-1968)
• Mae Muller — British singer

In stories & tradition

• Mae Nak Phra Khanong — ghost
• Mae sue — deity
• Mae Borowski — Night in the Woods

What Maes become

Among 142 notable people named Mae:

Entertainers appear 2.59× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mae West, American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer (1893–1980).

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