Fay*
#737 most common girls' name of all time · #1,339 across all names · 11% male / 89% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#737
Rank overall
#1,339 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
36,177
Since 2016
381
Peak year
1915 #224
Best rank
#203 1907
Girls
Boys
peak 842/yr
Fay is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,780 |
| 2024 | 46 | — | 46 | #3,396 |
| 2023 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,195 |
| 2022 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,894 |
| 2021 | 43 | — | 43 | #3,555 |
| 2020 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,170 |
| 2019 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,853 |
| 2018 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,791 |
| 2017 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,047 |
| 2016 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,465 |
| 2015 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,293 |
| 2014 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,270 |
| 2013 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,146 |
| 2012 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,708 |
| 2011 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,210 |
| 2010 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,981 |
| 2009 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,381 |
| 2008 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,561 |
| 2007 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,379 |
| 2006 | 27 | — | 27 | #5,087 |
| 2005 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,141 |
| 2004 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,064 |
| 2003 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,947 |
| 2002 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,088 |
| 2001 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,323 |
| 2000 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,794 |
| 1999 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,249 |
| 1998 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,367 |
| 1997 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,628 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,581 |
| 1995 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,963 |
| 1994 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,455 |
| 1993 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,679 |
| 1992 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,724 |
| 1991 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,813 |
| 1990 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,910 |
| 1989 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,479 |
| 1988 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,589 |
| 1987 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,332 |
| 1986 | 25 | — | 25 | #3,462 |
| 1985 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,862 |
| 1984 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,786 |
| 1983 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,556 |
| 1982 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,582 |
| 1981 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,778 |
| 1980 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,308 |
| 1979 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,797 |
| 1978 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,052 |
| 1977 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,907 |
| 1976 | 55 | 8 | 63 | #1,729 |
| 1975 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,840 |
| 1974 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,821 |
| 1973 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,667 |
| 1972 | 51 | 5 | 56 | #1,726 |
| 1971 | 69 | 6 | 75 | #1,474 |
| 1970 | 68 | 5 | 73 | #1,474 |
| 1969 | 82 | 10 | 92 | #1,236 |
| 1968 | 111 | 6 | 117 | #993 |
| 1967 | 111 | 9 | 120 | #970 |
| 1966 | 140 | — | 140 | #843 |
| 1965 | 155 | 5 | 160 | #793 |
| 1964 | 184 | 9 | 193 | #767 |
| 1963 | 210 | 9 | 219 | #703 |
| 1962 | 227 | 11 | 238 | #683 |
| 1961 | 246 | 16 | 262 | #653 |
| 1960 | 274 | 12 | 286 | #601 |
| 1959 | 260 | 12 | 272 | #615 |
| 1958 | 302 | 13 | 315 | #563 |
| 1957 | 265 | 16 | 281 | #597 |
| 1956 | 328 | 16 | 344 | #517 |
| 1955 | 263 | 21 | 284 | #563 |
| 1954 | 321 | 14 | 335 | #496 |
| 1953 | 302 | 18 | 320 | #501 |
| 1952 | 320 | 21 | 341 | #472 |
| 1951 | 393 | 20 | 413 | #422 |
| 1950 | 376 | 20 | 396 | #413 |
| 1949 | 401 | 33 | 434 | #398 |
| 1948 | 354 | 20 | 374 | #421 |
| 1947 | 420 | 33 | 453 | #389 |
| 1946 | 410 | 34 | 444 | #375 |
| 1945 | 335 | 32 | 367 | #385 |
| 1944 | 390 | 40 | 430 | #349 |
| 1943 | 471 | 38 | 509 | #324 |
| 1942 | 489 | 50 | 539 | #309 |
| 1941 | 430 | 43 | 473 | #318 |
| 1940 | 497 | 59 | 556 | #280 |
| 1939 | 502 | 42 | 544 | #278 |
| 1938 | 496 | 53 | 549 | #282 |
| 1937 | 550 | 47 | 597 | #268 |
| 1936 | 530 | 61 | 591 | #263 |
| 1935 | 543 | 71 | 614 | #263 |
| 1934 | 633 | 83 | 716 | #247 |
| 1933 | 608 | 79 | 687 | #247 |
| 1932 | 655 | 71 | 726 | #241 |
| 1931 | 632 | 82 | 714 | #239 |
| 1930 | 614 | 83 | 697 | #251 |
| 1929 | 654 | 80 | 734 | #244 |
| 1928 | 628 | 88 | 716 | #258 |
| 1927 | 665 | 97 | 762 | #254 |
| 1926 | 722 | 111 | 833 | #243 |
| 1925 | 607 | 119 | 726 | #269 |
| 1924 | 563 | 113 | 676 | #277 |
| 1923 | 595 | 122 | 717 | #264 |
| 1922 | 568 | 129 | 697 | #273 |
| 1921 | 612 | 128 | 740 | #269 |
| 1920 | 690 | 134 | 824 | #250 |
| 1919 | 660 | 148 | 808 | #250 |
| 1918 | 662 | 123 | 785 | #248 |
| 1917 | 690 | 142 | 832 | #238 |
| 1916 | 676 | 153 | 829 | #235 |
| 1915 | 701 | 141 | 842 | #224 |
| 1914 | 566 | 102 | 668 | #223 |
| 1913 | 427 | 83 | 510 | #233 |
| 1912 | 436 | 56 | 492 | #213 |
| 1911 | 339 | 27 | 366 | #209 |
| 1910 | 316 | 24 | 340 | #205 |
| 1909 | 246 | 28 | 274 | #228 |
| 1908 | 267 | 20 | 287 | #204 |
| 1907 | 257 | 15 | 272 | #203 |
| 1906 | 215 | 15 | 230 | #212 |
| 1905 | 215 | 28 | 243 | #211 |
| 1904 | 186 | 19 | 205 | #225 |
| 1903 | 190 | 36 | 226 | #219 |
| 1902 | 181 | 32 | 213 | #223 |
| 1901 | 151 | 26 | 177 | #235 |
| 1900 | 170 | 30 | 200 | #249 |
| 1899 | 139 | 23 | 162 | #236 |
| 1898 | 171 | 25 | 196 | #224 |
| 1897 | 141 | 13 | 154 | #236 |
| 1896 | 107 | 21 | 128 | #282 |
| 1895 | 121 | 23 | 144 | #257 |
| 1894 | 124 | 34 | 158 | #243 |
| 1893 | 89 | 35 | 124 | #285 |
| 1892 | 97 | 20 | 117 | #270 |
| 1891 | 92 | 21 | 113 | #253 |
| 1890 | 99 | 25 | 124 | #251 |
| 1889 | 84 | 19 | 103 | #258 |
| 1888 | 63 | 14 | 77 | #302 |
| 1887 | 47 | 17 | 64 | #313 |
| 1886 | 37 | 25 | 62 | #354 |
| 1885 | 48 | 18 | 66 | #293 |
| 1884 | 39 | 20 | 59 | #319 |
| 1883 | 28 | 15 | 43 | #341 |
| 1882 | 34 | 15 | 49 | #305 |
| 1881 | 18 | 15 | 33 | #402 |
| 1880 | 13 | 15 | 28 | #478 |