Is Jae a boy or girl name?

Jae is a unisex name. Of the 2,980 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 43.0% were girls and 57.0% were boys. It changed hands in 2007, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Jae

Recorded 1918–2025 · United States

Jae was most popular in 2020, when 71 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,319 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,960, with 60 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,980 people named Jae.

Jae over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jae’s peak in 2020. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jae a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jae is a unisex name — 43.0% of the 2,980 Americans given it were girls and 57.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 2007 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 39% girls and 61% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jae

Where Jae is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org