Jae

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A few things about Jae you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Jae

Jae Crowder

American basketball player (born 1990)

Choose Jae and your child shares a first name with Jae Crowder, an American basketball player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Jae, like who?” Jae Crowder's Wikipedia article is available in 22 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 89,286 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Jae, 18 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Jae would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryJae first shows up in US birth records in 1918, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 107 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1952, when it reached #2,806.
• 🍂TrendJae has slipped 1,568 places over the last five years and now sits at #6,325. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• ⚖️Boy or girlJae is given to both boys and girls: 70% of the 60 babies named Jae in 2025 were boys. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.

About the name Jae

Jae is a girl name of French and Latin origin. It has 3 letters and 1 syllable, starting with J and ending in “-jae”. US birth records list Jae for girls from 1926 to 2025, in 80 of those 100 years. Its best year was 1952, when it ranked #2,806 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #6,325, with 18 babies.

Origin:French namesLatin names