Gay*
#1,069 most common girls' name of all time · #1,901 across all names · 7% male / 93% female · used 1883–1982 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#1,069
Rank overall
#1,901 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
96 of 146
All-time
19,367
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1959 #363
Best rank
#316 1943
Girls
Boys
peak 692/yr
Gay first appears in 1883. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,300 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,228 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,991 |
| 1977 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,960 |
| 1976 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,984 |
| 1975 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,570 |
| 1974 | 30 | 6 | 36 | #2,502 |
| 1973 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,031 |
| 1972 | 59 | 6 | 65 | #1,568 |
| 1971 | 78 | 5 | 83 | #1,368 |
| 1970 | 122 | 7 | 129 | #1,017 |
| 1969 | 127 | 6 | 133 | #944 |
| 1968 | 169 | 6 | 175 | #769 |
| 1967 | 178 | 5 | 183 | #735 |
| 1966 | 235 | 9 | 244 | #620 |
| 1965 | 302 | 7 | 309 | #548 |
| 1964 | 350 | 7 | 357 | #526 |
| 1963 | 381 | 8 | 389 | #497 |
| 1962 | 445 | 6 | 451 | #463 |
| 1961 | 596 | 8 | 604 | #395 |
| 1960 | 626 | 11 | 637 | #381 |
| 1959 | 682 | 10 | 692 | #363 |
| 1958 | 488 | 14 | 502 | #426 |
| 1957 | 584 | 13 | 597 | #374 |
| 1956 | 528 | 26 | 554 | #390 |
| 1955 | 496 | 14 | 510 | #395 |
| 1954 | 632 | 25 | 657 | #338 |
| 1953 | 579 | 26 | 605 | #350 |
| 1952 | 643 | 19 | 662 | #318 |
| 1951 | 541 | 35 | 576 | #342 |
| 1950 | 481 | 24 | 505 | #359 |
| 1949 | 488 | 23 | 511 | #357 |
| 1948 | 472 | 39 | 511 | #358 |
| 1947 | 542 | 25 | 567 | #340 |
| 1946 | 485 | 19 | 504 | #335 |
| 1945 | 395 | 31 | 426 | #345 |
| 1944 | 397 | 26 | 423 | #344 |
| 1943 | 487 | 24 | 511 | #316 |
| 1942 | 388 | 28 | 416 | #354 |
| 1941 | 367 | 42 | 409 | #344 |
| 1940 | 308 | 19 | 327 | #378 |
| 1939 | 338 | 35 | 373 | #346 |
| 1938 | 323 | 30 | 353 | #363 |
| 1937 | 340 | 27 | 367 | #346 |
| 1936 | 319 | 31 | 350 | #354 |
| 1935 | 266 | 32 | 298 | #395 |
| 1934 | 236 | 28 | 264 | #427 |
| 1933 | 227 | 26 | 253 | #429 |
| 1932 | 217 | 29 | 246 | #449 |
| 1931 | 166 | 27 | 193 | #502 |
| 1930 | 155 | 35 | 190 | #547 |
| 1929 | 114 | 30 | 144 | #653 |
| 1928 | 91 | 30 | 121 | #745 |
| 1927 | 82 | 28 | 110 | #806 |
| 1926 | 80 | 23 | 103 | #818 |
| 1925 | 82 | 30 | 112 | #822 |
| 1924 | 59 | 29 | 88 | #996 |
| 1923 | 69 | 17 | 86 | #887 |
| 1922 | 55 | 19 | 74 | #1,012 |
| 1921 | 56 | 25 | 81 | #1,005 |
| 1920 | 57 | 27 | 84 | #975 |
| 1919 | 67 | 17 | 84 | #853 |
| 1918 | 64 | 15 | 79 | #897 |
| 1917 | 74 | 27 | 101 | #804 |
| 1916 | 68 | 25 | 93 | #822 |
| 1915 | 59 | 22 | 81 | #853 |
| 1914 | 42 | 15 | 57 | #908 |
| 1913 | 34 | 15 | 49 | #917 |
| 1912 | 26 | 13 | 39 | #1,019 |
| 1911 | 23 | 6 | 29 | #918 |
| 1910 | 26 | 9 | 35 | #855 |
| 1909 | 26 | — | 26 | #807 |
| 1908 | 20 | — | 20 | #903 |
| 1907 | 25 | 5 | 30 | #756 |
| 1906 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #993 |
| 1905 | 15 | — | 15 | #999 |
| 1904 | 16 | — | 16 | #931 |
| 1903 | 18 | 6 | 24 | #827 |
| 1902 | 17 | — | 17 | #868 |
| 1901 | 13 | — | 13 | #943 |
| 1900 | 18 | — | 18 | #909 |
| 1899 | 26 | 7 | 33 | #613 |
| 1898 | 15 | — | 15 | #913 |
| 1897 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #924 |
| 1896 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #835 |
| 1895 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,099 |
| 1894 | 17 | 7 | 24 | #742 |
| 1893 | 17 | — | 17 | #734 |
| 1892 | 18 | 6 | 24 | #704 |
| 1891 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #827 |
| 1890 | 16 | 8 | 24 | #692 |
| 1889 | 12 | — | 12 | #799 |
| 1888 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #722 |
| 1887 | 10 | — | 10 | #784 |
| 1886 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #1,210 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | — |