Gay Name Popularity

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How popular is Gay?

Mostly unused in the United States, less than 5 babies were bestowed the name in 2018.

This once, top 1000 name, Gay is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #315 was reached in 1943.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1959 with 682 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Gay was less than 5, most recently in 2018.

Approximately during the years 1885-1888, 1895-1899, 1904-1907, 1910-1916, 1920-1923, 1926-1936, 1940-1943, 1944-1947, and 1949-1952, the name Gay took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1961-1973 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Gay has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Gay has remained mostly unchanged in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Gay lately has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Gay?

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

The name Gay is mostly unused and will probably continue to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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

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		Gay (Girl)		Gay (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	< 5	--
2017		< 5	--	< 5	--
2016		< 5	--	< 5	--
2015		< 5	--	< 5	--
2014		< 5	--	< 5	--
2013		< 5	--	< 5	--
2012		< 5	--	< 5	--
2011		< 5	--	< 5	--
2010		< 5	--	< 5	--
2009		< 5	--	< 5	--
2008		< 5	--	< 5	--
2007		< 5	--	< 5	--
2006		< 5	--	< 5	--
2005		< 5	--	< 5	--
2004		< 5	--	< 5	--
2003		< 5	--	< 5	--
2002		< 5	--	< 5	--
2001		< 5	--	< 5	--
2000		< 5	--	< 5	--
1999		< 5	--	< 5	--
1998		< 5	--	< 5	--
1997		< 5	--	< 5	--
1996		< 5	--	< 5	--
1995		< 5	--	< 5	--
1994		< 5	--	< 5	--
1993		< 5	--	< 5	--
1992		< 5	--	< 5	--
1991		< 5	--	< 5	--
1990		< 5	--	< 5	--
1989		< 5	--	< 5	--
1988		< 5	--	< 5	--
1987		< 5	--	< 5	--
1986		< 5	--	< 5	--
1985		< 5	--	< 5	--
1984		< 5	--	< 5	--
1983		< 5	--	< 5	--
1982		6	9,592	< 5	--
1981		< 5	--	< 5	--
1980		< 5	--	< 5	--
1979		10	6,343	< 5	--
1978		8	7,158	< 5	--
1977		13	5,016	< 5	--
1976		16	4,018	< 5	--
1975		30	2,576	< 5	--
1974		30	2,516	6	4,849
1973		22	3,050	< 5	--
1972		59	1,568	6	4,628
1971		78	1,367	5	5,188
1970		122	1,018	7	3,989
1969		127	945	6	4,112
1968		169	768	6	3,855
1967		178	735	5	4,172
1966		235	620	9	2,858
1965		302	546	7	3,353
1964		350	526	7	3,396
1963		380	497	8	3,151
1962		446	461	6	3,785
1961		595	396	8	3,186
1960		627	379	12	2,465
1959		682	363	10	2,712
1958		488	425	13	2,304
1957		584	374	13	2,310
1956		529	389	26	1,546
1955		493	396	14	2,170
1954		634	338	25	1,532
1953		579	350	26	1,491
1952		643	318	19	1,769
1951		540	343	35	1,249
1950		481	359	24	1,511
1949		488	356	23	1,556
1948		472	358	39	1,150
1947		542	340	25	1,497
1946		485	335	19	1,660
1945		395	345	31	1,189
1944		396	344	26	1,318
1943		487	315	24	1,442
1942		388	354	28	1,321
1941		368	342	42	994
1940		308	378	19	1,593
1939		338	346	35	1,092
1938		323	364	30	1,204
1937		340	345	27	1,291
1936		319	354	31	1,193
1935		266	394	32	1,177
1934		236	427	28	1,281
1933		227	428	26	1,317
1932		217	449	29	1,272
1931		166	501	27	1,344
1930		155	548	35	1,201
1929		115	652	30	1,304
1928		90	751	30	1,336
1927		82	805	28	1,419
1926		80	817	23	1,584
1925		82	822	30	1,341
1924		59	996	29	1,392
1923		69	886	17	1,975
1922		55	1,015	19	1,845
1921		56	1,008	25	1,523
1920		57	971	27	1,437
1919		67	852	17	1,914
1918		64	897	15	2,105
1917		74	801	27	1,345
1916		68	820	25	1,392
1915		59	852	22	1,476
1914		42	906	15	1,634
1913		34	917	15	1,393
1912		26	1,014	13	1,382
1911		23	912	6	1,611
1910		26	849	9	1,146
1909		26	801	< 5	--
1908		20	893	< 5	--
1907		25	753	5	1,409
1906		15	977	5	1,308
1905		15	982	< 5	--
1904		16	918	< 5	--
1903		18	820	6	1,062
1902		17	855	< 5	--
1901		13	936	< 5	--
1900		18	894	< 5	--
1899		26	610	7	892
1898		15	898	< 5	--
1897		13	909	5	1,125
1896		16	821	7	929
1895		10	1,082	< 5	--
1894		17	724	7	898
1893		17	728	< 5	--
1892		18	696	6	1,004
1891		12	813	6	888
1890		16	677	8	773
1889		12	770	< 5	--
1888		14	700	8	777
1887		10	756	< 5	--
1886		5	1,175	6	892
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	5	951
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

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.