Fairy
#3,974 most common girls' name of all time · #6,797 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1882–2024
Rank among girls
#3,974
Rank overall
#6,797 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
90 of 146
All-time
2,392
Since 2016
40
Peak year
1917 #773
Best rank
#629 1905
Girls
Boys
peak 80/yr
Fairy first appears in 1882. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,343 |
| 2021 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,295 |
| 2019 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,595 |
| 2018 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,732 |
| 2017 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,962 |
| 2016 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,134 |
| 2015 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,471 |
| 2012 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,004 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,668 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,050 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,042 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,922 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,953 |
| 1959 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,862 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,546 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,576 |
| 1956 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,957 |
| 1955 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,646 |
| 1954 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,909 |
| 1953 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,943 |
| 1952 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,516 |
| 1951 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,489 |
| 1950 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,672 |
| 1949 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1948 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,513 |
| 1947 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,908 |
| 1946 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,168 |
| 1945 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,362 |
| 1944 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,878 |
| 1943 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,599 |
| 1942 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,869 |
| 1941 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,621 |
| 1940 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,249 |
| 1939 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,167 |
| 1938 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,320 |
| 1937 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,362 |
| 1936 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,705 |
| 1935 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,124 |
| 1934 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,141 |
| 1933 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,185 |
| 1932 | 55 | — | 55 | #956 |
| 1931 | 55 | — | 55 | #936 |
| 1930 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,064 |
| 1929 | 55 | — | 55 | #976 |
| 1928 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,011 |
| 1927 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,130 |
| 1926 | 59 | — | 59 | #973 |
| 1925 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,043 |
| 1924 | 64 | — | 64 | #953 |
| 1923 | 58 | — | 58 | #983 |
| 1922 | 73 | — | 73 | #863 |
| 1921 | 64 | — | 64 | #932 |
| 1920 | 70 | — | 70 | #866 |
| 1919 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,013 |
| 1918 | 75 | — | 75 | #829 |
| 1917 | 80 | — | 80 | #773 |
| 1916 | 57 | — | 57 | #896 |
| 1915 | 52 | — | 52 | #924 |
| 1914 | 46 | — | 46 | #867 |
| 1913 | 37 | — | 37 | #876 |
| 1912 | 33 | — | 33 | #876 |
| 1911 | 28 | — | 28 | #820 |
| 1910 | 29 | — | 29 | #808 |
| 1909 | 31 | — | 31 | #725 |
| 1908 | 29 | — | 29 | #725 |
| 1907 | 26 | — | 26 | #744 |
| 1906 | 25 | — | 25 | #739 |
| 1905 | 32 | — | 32 | #629 |
| 1904 | 22 | — | 22 | #765 |
| 1903 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,102 |
| 1902 | 20 | — | 20 | #787 |
| 1901 | 14 | — | 14 | #903 |
| 1900 | 24 | — | 24 | #755 |
| 1899 | 21 | — | 21 | #698 |
| 1898 | 19 | — | 19 | #784 |
| 1897 | 22 | — | 22 | #677 |
| 1896 | 21 | — | 21 | #703 |
| 1895 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,026 |
| 1894 | 11 | — | 11 | #986 |
| 1893 | 16 | — | 16 | #764 |
| 1892 | 15 | — | 15 | #789 |
| 1891 | 11 | — | 11 | #872 |
| 1890 | 13 | — | 13 | #785 |
| 1889 | 13 | — | 13 | #752 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,203 |
| 1886 | 12 | — | 12 | #689 |
| 1885 | 8 | — | 8 | #830 |
| 1884 | 7 | — | 7 | #903 |
| 1883 | 10 | — | 10 | #648 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | 5 | #991 |