girl's name

Kae

  • Origin Japanese
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 3
  • Births on record 759

Kae is a girl's name. In 2024 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Kae is a name of Japanese origin.
  • Peaked in 1953, when 26 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1923.

Kae over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

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Births named Kae by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 5
1930s 108
1940s 195
1950s 203
1960s 116
1970s 26
1980s 24
1990s 20
2000s 20
2010s 11
2020s (to 2024) 25

How popular is Kae?

In 2024, Kae was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Kae is used

England & Wales #4,694 3 in 2006
United States #12,664 7 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Kae

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Kae also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kae over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Kae

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kae — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Kae

How popular is the name Kae?

In 2024, Kae was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Kae a girl's or a boy's name?

Kae is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Kae most popular?

Kae peaked in 1953, when 26 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.