Cay
#16,206 most common girls' name of all time · #26,720 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1919–1966
Rank among girls
#16,206
Rank overall
#26,720 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
22 of 146
All-time
252
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1955 #1,681
Best rank
#1,681 1955
Girls
Boys
peak 38/yr
Cay first appears in 1919. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,863 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,475 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,378 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,023 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,046 |
| 1960 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,865 |
| 1959 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,337 |
| 1958 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,642 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,599 |
| 1956 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,681 |
| 1954 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,272 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,311 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,308 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,539 |
| 1948 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,762 |
| 1946 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,223 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,317 |
| 1943 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,815 |
| 1939 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,686 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | — |