Bay**
#8,681 most common girls' name of all time · #14,502 across all names · 28% boys / 72% girls · used 1916–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#8,681
Rank overall
#14,502 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
39 of 146
All-time
727
Since 2016
190
Peak year
2013 #2,542
Best rank
#2,419 2014
Girls
Boys
peak 81/yr
Bay first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,051 |
| 2024 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #6,969 |
| 2023 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,416 |
| 2022 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,601 |
| 2021 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #10,378 |
| 2020 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,473 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7 | 22 | #7,394 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6 | 23 | #6,831 |
| 2017 | 22 | 5 | 27 | #5,689 |
| 2016 | 33 | 8 | 41 | #4,361 |
| 2015 | 58 | 11 | 69 | #2,973 |
| 2014 | 75 | 6 | 81 | #2,419 |
| 2013 | 70 | 11 | 81 | #2,542 |
| 2012 | 46 | — | 46 | #3,477 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #10,447 |
| 2010 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #9,860 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2007 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,059 |
| 2006 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #8,777 |
| 2005 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #11,018 |
| 2004 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #14,331 |
| 2003 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #14,018 |
| 2002 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,633 |
| 2001 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #15,572 |
| 2000 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #8,606 |
| 1999 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,842 |
| 1998 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #8,657 |
| 1997 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #9,922 |
| 1996 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #13,739 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,538 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,556 |
| 1979 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | — |