Name meaning & stats
Rae
Rae means “ewe” (Hebrew origin). 16,617 US babies since 1940, peak 1956.
What it means
“ewe”
HebrewPet form of Rachel
In US birth records
Peak year: 1956
16,617 US babies were named Rae between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Rae (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1956)