Bay

Where Bay comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Bay.

  • Vowel-ended
Bay through the years
  1. 1987
    First appearance
    #11,325 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2010
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 2014
    Peak, #2,412
    75 babies named Bay, the most in any year.
  4. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #4,345.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes

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