Rae

Origin: English
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Meaning and Origin

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A Scottish surname. A variant of Roe.
A diminutive of Rachel, often used as a female middle name.
A male given name, a rare variant of Ray.

Notable Persons Named Rae

Rae Carruth

Rae Carruth is a football player. Rae was born on January 20th, 1974 in Sacramento, California. Rae is also known as Rae Theotis Carruth.

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Rae Dawn Chong

Rae Dawn Chong is an actress. She has had major accomplishments since 1974. Rae was born as the child of Tommy Chong on February 28th, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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Rae Earl

Rae Earl is a writer and broadcaster. Rae was given the name Rachel Earl on December 13th, 1971 in Stamford, Lincolnshire. Rae is also known as Rae Earl Johnson, Rachel Earl Johnson, Earl, and Rachel.

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Rae Morris

Rae Morris is a pop music musician. She was most active from 2011 to 2011. Rae was given the name Rachel Anne Morris . Rae is also known as Rae Morris.

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Rae Spoon

Rae Spoon is a singer-songwriter and short story writer. They have been prominent since 1990. Rae was born in Calgary.

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Rae Allen

Rae Allen is an actress and singer. She was most prominent from 1958 to present. Rae was given the name Raffaella Julia Theresa Abruzzo on July 3rd, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Rae

Summer Rae

Summer was born on November 28th, 1983 in Manhasset, New York. Summer is also known as Moinet and Danielle.

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Corinne Bailey Rae

Corinne Bailey Rae is a musician. She plays Guitar, Tambourine, Gibson Hummingbird, and Vocals. She was most active from 2005 to present. Corinne was given the name Corinne Jacqueline Bailey on February 26th, 1979 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Issa Rae

Issa Rae is a director, writer, actor, web series creator, and producer. Issa was born on January 12th, 1985.

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Charlotte Rae

Charlotte Rae is an actress, singer, dancer, comedienne, singing, dance, and comedian. Her ongoing career started in 1954. Charlotte was given the name Charlotte Rae Lubotsky on April 22nd, 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.

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Bob Rae

Bob Rae is a Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, (Interim), Leader of the New Democratic Party of Ontario, Leader of theLiberal Party of Canada, 21st Premier of Ontario, Leader of theNew Democratic Party of Ontario, and Ontario Legislative. Bob was given the name Robert Keith Rae on August 2nd, 1948 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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John Rae

John Rae was a physician and explorer. His career lasted from 1833 to 1833. John was born on September 30th, 1813 in Hall of Clestrain, Orkney, Scotland. He passed away on July 22nd, 1893.

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born
1880	10	10	0
1881	7	7	0
1882	17	17	0
1883	23	23	0
1884	23	23	0
1885	17	17	0
1886	34	34	0
1887	38	38	0
1888	49	49	0
1889	44	44	0
1890	53	53	0
1891	62	62	0
1892	76	76	0
1893	71	71	0
1894	79	73	6
1895	89	81	8
1896	68	63	5
1897	67	67	0
1898	61	61	0
1899	72	66	6
1900	68	68	0
1901	57	57	0
1902	64	64	0
1903	76	76	0
1904	73	73	0
1905	59	59	0
1906	64	64	0
1907	73	73	0
1908	81	81	0
1909	84	84	0
1910	87	87	0
1911	111	105	6
1912	133	127	6
1913	139	130	9
1914	216	202	14
1915	225	215	10
1916	213	199	14
1917	241	229	12
1918	248	231	17
1919	239	213	26
1920	218	198	20
1921	217	200	17
1922	198	177	21
1923	203	176	27
1924	212	190	22
1925	237	223	14
1926	170	155	15
1927	201	183	18
1928	218	193	25
1929	194	178	16
1930	191	167	24
1931	217	203	14
1932	219	205	14
1933	278	270	8
1934	228	221	7
1935	261	249	12
1936	229	213	16
1937	204	191	13
1938	194	184	10
1939	203	193	10
1940	206	197	9
1941	214	201	13
1942	284	278	6
1943	293	283	10
1944	239	220	19
1945	260	252	8
1946	271	260	11
1947	366	350	16
1948	329	311	18
1949	315	308	7
1950	330	316	14
1951	357	341	16
1952	319	309	10
1953	347	340	7
1954	384	371	13
1955	377	366	11
1956	413	407	6
1957	405	392	13
1958	334	324	10
1959	297	291	6
1960	257	247	10
1961	278	272	6
1962	345	340	5
1963	314	308	6
1964	314	307	7
1965	322	314	8
1966	230	218	12
1967	333	328	5
1968	293	293	0
1969	274	269	5
1970	282	282	0
1971	250	244	6
1972	213	213	0
1973	175	175	0
1974	177	172	5
1975	156	156	0
1976	137	132	5
1977	134	129	5
1978	172	167	5
1979	177	177	0
1980	147	147	0
1981	156	150	6
1982	157	157	0
1983	133	133	0
1984	102	102	0
1985	113	108	5
1986	95	95	0
1987	121	115	6
1988	121	121	0
1989	129	122	7
1990	124	124	0
1991	106	101	5
1992	99	99	0
1993	94	94	0
1994	111	105	6
1995	111	105	6
1996	91	84	7
1997	83	75	8
1998	77	70	7
1999	70	64	6
2000	74	74	0
2001	73	73	0
2002	59	54	5
2003	54	48	6
2004	63	57	6
2005	66	66	0
2006	69	69	0
2007	59	59	0
2008	67	62	5
2009	60	60	0
2010	63	57	6
2011	65	60	5
2012	89	84	5
2013	69	69	0
2014	96	89	7
2015	95	95	0
2016	197	192	5
2017	165	157	8

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Popularity of Rae as a first name

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Popularity of Rae as a last name

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Rae	U.S.
█	White	89.95%	64.26%
█	African American	2.30%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	2.14%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	0.63%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	1.57%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	3.42%	16.26%

Of Last Name Rae

People with the last name Rae are most frequently White

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Fun Facts about the name Rae

How Popular is the name Rae? Rae is the 1,585^th most popular name of all time. As a last name Rae was the 6,646^th most popular name in 2010.
How many people with the first name Rae have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 22,699 babies born with the first name Rae in the United States. That's more than enough people named Rae to occupy the territory of Caribbean Netherlands (the Netherlands) with an estimated population of 21,133 (as of January 1, 2011).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Rae? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 10 new born babies.
When was Rae first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Rae is Tuesday, January 7th, 1873.
What year had the most people named Rae born? The highest recorded use of the first name Rae was in 1956 with a total of 407 babies.
Random Rae Factoid: According to the 1976 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Rae is not a popular baby girl's name in Pennsylvania. Imagine that, only 9 babies in Pennsylvania have the same name as you in 1976.
Weird things about the name Rae: Your name in reverse order is Ear. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Era. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Rae? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 5,094 people with the last name Rae.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Rae? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 2 of them will have Rae as their last name.