Fay Name Popularity

Charts | Table | About | By Year

How popular is Fay?

Ranking 3,791st in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Fay is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Fay has seen higher popularity rankings.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #202 was reached in 1907.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1926 with 722 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Fay was 11 in 1996.

Approximately during the years 1880-1890, 1891-1894, 1895-1898, 1904-1915, 1923-1926, 1995-2000, and 2013-2016, the name Fay took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1966-1972, and 1976-1979 were years of successive downward movement.

Fay became more popular as a girls name in 1881.

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Fay be?

For a number of years, the name Fay has steadily increased in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Fay lately has risen.

The name Fay is very unique but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Fay has fallen out of favor as a given name.

*Mouse over the charts or scroll down to the table for data details.

Mouse over or Click

for Percentages.

		Fay (Girl)		Fay (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		39	3,791	< 5	--
2017		26	5,086	< 5	--
2016		45	3,476	< 5	--
2015		25	5,335	< 5	--
2014		33	4,377	< 5	--
2013		26	5,187	< 5	--
2012		30	4,747	< 5	--
2011		26	5,257	< 5	--
2010		22	6,034	< 5	--
2009		26	5,432	< 5	--
2008		20	6,632	< 5	--
2007		26	5,419	< 5	--
2006		27	5,135	< 5	--
2005		16	7,245	< 5	--
2004		25	5,109	< 5	--
2003		25	4,984	< 5	--
2002		23	5,134	< 5	--
2001		17	6,418	< 5	--
2000		24	4,839	< 5	--
1999		13	7,373	< 5	--
1998		19	5,437	< 5	--
1997		17	5,699	< 5	--
1996		11	7,762	< 5	--
1995		15	6,057	< 5	--
1994		17	5,531	< 5	--
1993		16	5,758	< 5	--
1992		16	5,811	< 5	--
1991		20	4,863	< 5	--
1990		26	3,940	< 5	--
1989		29	3,504	< 5	--
1988		26	3,622	< 5	--
1987		27	3,360	< 5	--
1986		25	3,478	< 5	--
1985		32	2,881	< 5	--
1984		32	2,800	< 5	--
1983		35	2,562	< 5	--
1982		36	2,600	< 5	--
1981		32	2,801	< 5	--
1980		42	2,317	< 5	--
1979		31	2,812	< 5	--
1978		46	2,063	< 5	--
1977		52	1,908	< 5	--
1976		55	1,734	8	4,136
1975		50	1,844	< 5	--
1974		47	1,856	< 5	--
1973		54	1,670	< 5	--
1972		51	1,730	5	5,220
1971		69	1,478	6	4,582
1970		68	1,480	5	4,946
1969		82	1,237	10	2,929
1968		111	993	6	3,842
1967		111	972	9	2,844
1966		140	843	< 5	--
1965		155	793	5	4,084
1964		184	767	9	2,922
1963		210	705	9	2,914
1962		227	683	11	2,561
1961		246	652	16	2,091
1960		274	600	12	2,464
1959		259	616	12	2,456
1958		302	563	13	2,298
1957		265	598	16	2,044
1956		328	518	16	2,036
1955		263	561	21	1,696
1954		321	496	14	2,150
1953		302	501	18	1,856
1952		320	472	21	1,677
1951		392	422	20	1,691
1950		377	412	20	1,671
1949		401	398	33	1,264
1948		354	421	20	1,673
1947		420	389	33	1,281
1946		410	375	34	1,203
1945		335	384	32	1,169
1944		390	349	40	1,043
1943		471	324	38	1,111
1942		489	309	50	937
1941		429	318	43	979
1940		498	280	59	812
1939		501	278	42	982
1938		496	282	53	854
1937		550	268	47	914
1936		530	262	61	781
1935		543	263	71	726
1934		633	247	83	667
1933		608	247	79	658
1932		656	241	70	751
1931		630	240	83	656
1930		615	251	83	686
1929		654	244	80	690
1928		628	258	88	670
1927		665	254	97	643
1926		722	243	111	598
1925		606	270	119	571
1924		563	278	113	600
1923		596	264	122	567
1922		568	273	129	557
1921		612	270	128	557
1920		690	250	134	528
1919		660	250	148	491
1918		662	248	123	541
1917		690	238	142	481
1916		676	235	153	457
1915		701	224	141	462
1914		566	223	102	482
1913		427	233	83	477
1912		436	213	56	534
1911		339	208	27	590
1910		316	205	24	588
1909		246	228	28	491
1908		267	204	20	569
1907		257	202	15	677
1906		215	212	15	626
1905		215	211	28	404
1904		186	225	19	500
1903		190	219	36	313
1902		181	223	32	349
1901		151	235	26	365
1900		170	248	30	416
1899		139	235	23	388
1898		171	223	25	398
1897		141	236	13	590
1896		107	281	21	430
1895		121	257	23	401
1894		124	242	34	302
1893		89	283	35	294
1892		97	270	20	429
1891		92	253	21	380
1890		99	250	25	353
1889		84	256	19	420
1888		63	298	14	537
1887		47	312	17	413
1886		37	353	25	342
1885		48	290	18	427
1884		39	317	20	403
1883		28	338	15	466
1882		34	302	15	476
1881		18	399	15	448
1880		13	478	15	471

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.