Name meaning & stats
Mae
Mae means “pearl” (Ancient Greek origin). 28,536 US babies since 1940, peak 1940.
What it means
“pearl”
Ancient GreekPet form of Margaret
In US birth records
Peak year: 1940
28,536 US babies were named Mae between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Mae (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1940)