Bay
Rank in 2025
#11,932
recorded as girls
Down 5,000 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
7
girls 7
Peak year
2014
75 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
727
since 1916
Born a Bay? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Bay was most popular in 2014, when 75 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.04 per 1,000). In 2025, 7 babies were named Bay, ranking #11932 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 22%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 11,932 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 16 | 6,932 | 7 | 9,894 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,312 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,542 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,292 | 5 | 12,146 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,406 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,342 | 7 | 9,756 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,792 | 6 | 10,760 |
| 2017 | 22 | 5,661 | 5 | 12,246 |
| 2016 | 33 | 4,345 | 8 | 8,816 |
| 2015 | 58 | 2,964 | 11 | 7,066 |
| 2014 | 75 | 2,412 | 6 | 10,717 |
| 2013 | 70 | 2,533 | 11 | 7,026 |
| 2012 | 46 | 3,464 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 10 | 10,374 | 7 | 9,600 |
| 2010 | 11 | 9,790 | 9 | 8,139 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 7 | 9,864 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 6 | 11,037 |
| 2007 | 7 | 13,924 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 13 | 8,715 | 5 | 12,055 |
| 2005 | 9 | 10,921 | 10 | 7,096 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14,179 | 7 | 8,927 |
| 2003 | 6 | 13,844 | 8 | 7,831 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15,432 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 15,352 | 6 | 9,243 |
| 2000 | 11 | 8,534 | 9 | 6,839 |
| 1999 | 6 | 12,688 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 10 | 8,584 | 8 | 6,843 |
| 1997 | 8 | 9,802 | 7 | 7,281 |
| 1996 | 5 | 13,518 | 9 | 5,982 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 6 | 7,792 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | 13,317 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 5 | 11,325 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 7 | 4,842 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 6 | 4,505 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1958 | <5 | — | 5 | 3,944 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 5 | 3,518 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 6 | 3,780 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 5 | 3,897 |
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