Girl
Mae
The name Mae carries the meaning "Also a diminutive of Mary or Margaret". It has faded some since the 1920s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. The registry counts around 94,175 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
EtymologyVariant of May, from the month
EtymologyAlso a diminutive of Mary or Margaret
Births by decade
1900s
12,767
1910s
21,634
1920s
22,902
1930s
12,997
1940s
9,031
1950s
5,576
1960s
2,174
1970s
831
1980s
605
1990s
654
2000s
1,713
2010s
3,291
Peaked in the 1920s · 94,175 total U.S. births since 1900