Fay
Rank in 2025
#3780
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
39
girls 39
Peak year
1911
339 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
36,177
since 1880
Born a Fay? 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
Fay was most popular in 1911, when 339 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.81 per 1,000). In 2025, 39 babies were named Fay, ranking #3780 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | 3780 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 46 | 3395 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 34 | 4191 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 38 | 3893 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 43 | 3553 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 33 | 4169 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 38 | 3851 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 39 | 3789 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 26 | 5045 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 45 | 3464 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 25 | 5288 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 34 | 4269 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 26 | 5143 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 30 | 4707 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 26 | 5207 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 22 | 5977 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 26 | 5378 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 20 | 6559 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 26 | 5377 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 27 | 5086 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 16 | 7138 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 25 | 5062 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 25 | 4943 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 23 | 5086 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 17 | 6322 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 24 | 4791 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 13 | 7239 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 19 | 5363 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 17 | 5626 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 11 | 7574 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 15 | 5958 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 17 | 5445 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 16 | 5673 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 16 | 5718 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 20 | 4808 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 26 | 3909 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 29 | 3477 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 26 | 3585 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 27 | 3331 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 25 | 3459 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 32 | 2860 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 32 | 2781 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 35 | 2552 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 36 | 2581 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 32 | 2774 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 42 | 2308 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 31 | 2795 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 46 | 2050 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 52 | 1901 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 55 | 1729 | 8 | 4012 |
| 1975 | 50 | 1838 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 48 | 1820 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 54 | 1666 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 51 | 1724 | 5 | 4986 |
| 1971 | 69 | 1473 | 6 | 4375 |
| 1970 | 68 | 1474 | 5 | 4724 |
| 1969 | 82 | 1234 | 10 | 2861 |
| 1968 | 111 | 991 | 6 | 3673 |
| 1967 | 111 | 970 | 9 | 2760 |
| 1966 | 140 | 843 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 155 | 792 | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | 184 | 767 | 9 | 2854 |
| 1963 | 210 | 703 | 9 | 2858 |
| 1962 | 227 | 682 | 11 | 2504 |
| 1961 | 246 | 653 | 16 | 2070 |
| 1960 | 274 | 600 | 12 | 2423 |
| 1959 | 260 | 615 | 12 | 2414 |
| 1958 | 302 | 563 | 13 | 2265 |
| 1957 | 265 | 596 | 16 | 2019 |
| 1956 | 328 | 517 | 16 | 2015 |
| 1955 | 263 | 561 | 21 | 1682 |
| 1954 | 321 | 495 | 14 | 2114 |
| 1953 | 302 | 500 | 18 | 1836 |
| 1952 | 320 | 471 | 21 | 1665 |
| 1951 | 393 | 422 | 20 | 1683 |
| 1950 | 376 | 413 | 20 | 1657 |
| 1949 | 401 | 398 | 33 | 1252 |
| 1948 | 354 | 421 | 20 | 1656 |
| 1947 | 420 | 389 | 33 | 1271 |
| 1946 | 410 | 374 | 34 | 1196 |
| 1945 | 335 | 384 | 32 | 1163 |
| 1944 | 390 | 349 | 40 | 1038 |
| 1943 | 471 | 324 | 38 | 1106 |
| 1942 | 489 | 309 | 50 | 933 |
| 1941 | 430 | 318 | 43 | 971 |
| 1940 | 497 | 280 | 59 | 810 |
| 1939 | 502 | 277 | 42 | 976 |
| 1938 | 496 | 282 | 53 | 852 |
| 1937 | 550 | 267 | 47 | 906 |
| 1936 | 530 | 263 | 61 | 780 |
| 1935 | 543 | 263 | 71 | 725 |
| 1934 | 633 | 247 | 83 | 666 |
| 1933 | 608 | 246 | 79 | 657 |
| 1932 | 655 | 241 | 71 | 739 |
| 1931 | 632 | 238 | 82 | 659 |
| 1930 | 614 | 251 | 83 | 685 |
| 1929 | 654 | 244 | 80 | 689 |
| 1928 | 628 | 258 | 88 | 669 |
| 1927 | 665 | 254 | 97 | 643 |
| 1926 | 722 | 243 | 111 | 597 |
| 1925 | 607 | 269 | 119 | 569 |
| 1924 | 563 | 277 | 113 | 600 |
| 1923 | 595 | 264 | 122 | 564 |
| 1922 | 568 | 273 | 129 | 557 |
| 1921 | 612 | 269 | 128 | 553 |
| 1920 | 690 | 250 | 134 | 526 |
| 1919 | 660 | 250 | 148 | 491 |
| 1918 | 662 | 248 | 123 | 541 |
| 1917 | 690 | 238 | 142 | 481 |
| 1916 | 676 | 234 | 153 | 455 |
| 1915 | 701 | 224 | 141 | 462 |
| 1914 | 566 | 223 | 102 | 481 |
| 1913 | 427 | 233 | 83 | 475 |
| 1912 | 436 | 213 | 56 | 532 |
| 1911 | 339 | 208 | 27 | 584 |
| 1910 | 316 | 205 | 24 | 582 |
| 1909 | 246 | 228 | 28 | 487 |
| 1908 | 267 | 204 | 20 | 566 |
| 1907 | 257 | 202 | 15 | 664 |
| 1906 | 215 | 211 | 15 | 613 |
| 1905 | 215 | 211 | 28 | 404 |
| 1904 | 186 | 224 | 19 | 492 |
| 1903 | 190 | 219 | 36 | 312 |
| 1902 | 181 | 222 | 32 | 348 |
| 1901 | 151 | 235 | 26 | 359 |
| 1900 | 170 | 248 | 30 | 413 |
| 1899 | 139 | 235 | 23 | 384 |
| 1898 | 171 | 223 | 25 | 394 |
| 1897 | 141 | 235 | 13 | 584 |
| 1896 | 107 | 281 | 21 | 424 |
| 1895 | 121 | 257 | 23 | 399 |
| 1894 | 124 | 242 | 34 | 298 |
| 1893 | 89 | 280 | 35 | 292 |
| 1892 | 97 | 269 | 20 | 422 |
| 1891 | 92 | 253 | 21 | 377 |
| 1890 | 99 | 250 | 25 | 351 |
| 1889 | 84 | 256 | 19 | 415 |
| 1888 | 63 | 296 | 14 | 528 |
| 1887 | 47 | 310 | 17 | 409 |
| 1886 | 37 | 352 | 25 | 336 |
| 1885 | 48 | 290 | 18 | 422 |
| 1884 | 39 | 315 | 20 | 399 |
| 1883 | 28 | 336 | 15 | 460 |
| 1882 | 34 | 300 | 15 | 469 |
| 1881 | 18 | 393 | 15 | 442 |
| 1880 | 13 | 466 | 15 | 465 |
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Recorded as girls 89% · boys 11% across all years