Fay
#3,780 for girls in 2025, 39 births · Last seen for boys in 1976 at #4,012
Given to girls 88.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1907 · 257 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 32,059since 1880
Fay over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,780 | 39 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,395 | 46 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,191 | 34 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,893 | 38 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,553 | 43 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,169 | 33 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,851 | 38 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,789 | 39 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,045 | 26 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,464 | 45 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,269 | 34 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,707 | 30 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,377 | 26 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,086 | 27 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,086 | 23 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,909 | 26 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,331 | 27 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,552 | 35 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,774 | 32 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,308 | 42 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,795 | 31 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,050 | 46 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,901 | 52 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,729 | 55 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #1,838 | 50 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,820 | 48 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,666 | 54 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,724 | 51 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #1,473 | 69 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #1,474 | 68 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #1,234 | 82 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #991 | 111 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #970 | 111 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #843 | 140 | — | |
| 1965 | #792 | 155 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #767 | 184 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #703 | 210 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #682 | 227 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #653 | 246 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #600 | 274 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #615 | 260 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #563 | 302 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #596 | 265 | #2,019 | 16 |
| 1956 | #517 | 328 | #2,015 | 16 |
| 1955 | #561 | 263 | #1,682 | 21 |
| 1954 | #495 | 321 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #500 | 302 | #1,836 | 18 |
| 1952 | #471 | 320 | #1,665 | 21 |
| 1951 | #422 | 393 | #1,683 | 20 |
| 1950 | #413 | 376 | #1,657 | 20 |
| 1949 | #398 | 401 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1948 | #421 | 354 | #1,656 | 20 |
| 1947 | #389 | 420 | #1,271 | 33 |
| 1946 | #374 | 410 | #1,196 | 34 |
| 1945 | #384 | 335 | #1,163 | 32 |
| 1944 | #349 | 390 | #1,038 | 40 |
| 1943 | #324 | 471 | #1,106 | 38 |
| 1942 | #309 | 489 | #933 | 50 |
| 1941 | #318 | 430 | #971 | 43 |
| 1940 | #280 | 497 | #810 | 59 |
| 1939 | #277 | 502 | #976 | 42 |
| 1938 | #282 | 496 | #852 | 53 |
| 1937 | #267 | 550 | #906 | 47 |
| 1936 | #263 | 530 | #780 | 61 |
| 1935 | #263 | 543 | #725 | 71 |
| 1934 | #247 | 633 | #666 | 83 |
| 1933 | #246 | 608 | #657 | 79 |
| 1932 | #241 | 655 | #739 | 71 |
| 1931 | #238 | 632 | #659 | 82 |
| 1930 | #251 | 614 | #685 | 83 |
| 1929 | #244 | 654 | #689 | 80 |
| 1928 | #258 | 628 | #669 | 88 |
| 1927 | #254 | 665 | #643 | 97 |
| 1926 | #243 | 722 | #597 | 111 |
| 1925 | #269 | 607 | #569 | 119 |
| 1924 | #277 | 563 | #600 | 113 |
| 1923 | #264 | 595 | #564 | 122 |
| 1922 | #273 | 568 | #557 | 129 |
| 1921 | #269 | 612 | #553 | 128 |
| 1920 | #250 | 690 | #526 | 134 |
| 1919 | #250 | 660 | #491 | 148 |
| 1918 | #248 | 662 | #541 | 123 |
| 1917 | #238 | 690 | #481 | 142 |
| 1916 | #234 | 676 | #455 | 153 |
| 1915 | #224 | 701 | #462 | 141 |
| 1914 | #223 | 566 | #481 | 102 |
| 1913 | #233 | 427 | #475 | 83 |
| 1912 | #213 | 436 | #532 | 56 |
| 1911 | #208 | 339 | #584 | 27 |
| 1910 | #205 | 316 | #582 | 24 |
| 1909 | #228 | 246 | #487 | 28 |
| 1908 | #204 | 267 | #566 | 20 |
| 1907 | #202 | 257 | #664 | 15 |
| 1906 | #211 | 215 | #613 | 15 |
| 1905 | #211 | 215 | #404 | 28 |
| 1904 | #224 | 186 | #492 | 19 |
| 1903 | #219 | 190 | #312 | 36 |
| 1902 | #222 | 181 | #348 | 32 |
| 1901 | #235 | 151 | #359 | 26 |
| 1900 | #248 | 170 | #413 | 30 |
| 1899 | #235 | 139 | #384 | 23 |
| 1898 | #223 | 171 | #394 | 25 |
| 1897 | #235 | 141 | #584 | 13 |
| 1896 | #281 | 107 | #424 | 21 |
| 1895 | #257 | 121 | #399 | 23 |
| 1894 | #242 | 124 | #298 | 34 |
| 1893 | #280 | 89 | #292 | 35 |
| 1892 | #269 | 97 | #422 | 20 |
| 1891 | #253 | 92 | #377 | 21 |
| 1890 | #250 | 99 | #351 | 25 |
| 1889 | #256 | 84 | #415 | 19 |
| 1888 | #296 | 63 | #528 | 14 |
| 1887 | #310 | 47 | #409 | 17 |
| 1886 | #352 | 37 | #336 | 25 |
| 1885 | #290 | 48 | #422 | 18 |
| 1884 | #315 | 39 | #399 | 20 |
| 1883 | #336 | 28 | #460 | 15 |
| 1882 | #300 | 34 | #469 | 15 |
| 1881 | #393 | 18 | #442 | 15 |
| 1880 | #466 | 13 | #465 | 15 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Fay was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1995–1996, when fewer than 16 girls a year got the name.
Where Fay is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#168 · 1 in 586
- Minnesota#262 · 1 in 2,708
- Pennsylvania#280 · 1 in 2,853
- Wisconsin#280 · 1 in 3,355
- District of Columbia#290 · 1 in 2,299
Best ever in a state: #59 in Utah, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #168 | 9 | 1 in 586 |
| Minnesota | #262 | 12 | 1 in 2,708 |
| Pennsylvania | #280 | 36 | 1 in 2,853 |
| Wisconsin | #280 | 11 | 1 in 3,355 |
| District of Columbia | #290 | 5 | 1 in 2,299 |
| Washington | #306 | 10 | 1 in 2,512 |
| Maryland | #307 | 8 | 1 in 2,807 |
| Florida | #311 | 12 | 1 in 2,244 |
| Louisiana | #318 | 15 | 1 in 2,237 |
| Massachusetts | #318 | 9 | 1 in 4,968 |
| New York | #324 | 41 | 1 in 3,461 |
| Missouri | #325 | 11 | 1 in 3,522 |
| Kentucky | #326 | 11 | 1 in 3,097 |
| Oregon | #330 | 5 | 1 in 3,006 |
| South Carolina | #330 | 10 | 1 in 2,781 |
| Oklahoma | #333 | 8 | 1 in 2,688 |
| Arkansas | #344 | 8 | 1 in 2,793 |
| Michigan | #345 | 17 | 1 in 4,158 |
| New Jersey | #359 | 9 | 1 in 4,717 |
| Virginia | #370 | 9 | 1 in 3,971 |
| Alabama | #387 | 10 | 1 in 3,741 |
| West Virginia | #397 | 5 | 1 in 4,771 |
| Mississippi | #400 | 8 | 1 in 3,646 |
| Tennessee | #405 | 8 | 1 in 4,711 |
| Georgia | #419 | 9 | 1 in 4,733 |
| North Carolina | #437 | 9 | 1 in 5,450 |
| California | #459 | 23 | 1 in 4,923 |
| Texas | #466 | 24 | 1 in 3,947 |
| Illinois | #516 | 11 | 1 in 7,801 |
| Ohio | #537 | 9 | 1 in 9,635 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Fay
- 385 spots since 2024 (#3,395 → #3,780)
- 389 spots since 2020 (#4,169 → #3,780)
- 1,508 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #3,780)
- Biggest jump: 93 spots in 1882 (#393 → #300)
- Biggest drop: 243 spots in 1969 (#991 → #1,234)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1907 at #202 (257 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 60 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1880–1968
- Highest: 1 in 1,234 girls born in 1911 were named Fay (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 41,212 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #202 in 1907, was only 1 in 1,240 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.7% of all girls named Fay (6,304) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1880, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 411 | #256 (1889) | #331 |
| 1890s | 1,180 | #223 (1898) | #253 |
| 1900s | 2,078 | #202 (1907) | #220 |
| 1910s | 5,473 | #205 (1910) | #228 |
| 1920s | 6,304 | #243 (1926) | #260 |
| 1930s | 5,763 | #238 (1931) | #258 |
| 1940s | 4,197 | #280 (1940) | #355 |
| 1950s | 3,130 | #413 (1950) | #515 |
| 1960s | 1,740 | #600 (1960) | #824 |
| 1970s | 524 | #1,473 (1971) | #1,847 |
| 1980s | 316 | #2,308 (1980) | #2,971 |
| 1990s | 170 | #3,909 (1990) | #5,731 |
| 2000s | 229 | #4,791 (2000) | #5,574 |
| 2010s | 311 | #3,464 (2016) | #4,674 |
| 2020s | 233 | #3,395 (2024) | #3,830 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Fay in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 4,267 of them was named Fay, which outranked 93.4% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 53,756 of them was named Fay, which outranked 70.2% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,227Ricki34
- #1,227Rudolf34
- #1,227Vernal34
- #1,252Fay33
- #1,252Armond33
- #1,252Barron33
- #1,252Bernell33
- #1,275Abner32
- #1,275Arland32
- #1,275Arne32
Tied with 22 names at #1,252; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.