Meaning not yet researched.
Fay: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 39 in 2025. Its best rank was #202 in 1907.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #202 in 1907; #3,795 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Fay in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,795 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1907, at #202.
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Fay: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 39 girls in 2025. Peak: #202 in 1907 · most girls in one year: 722 (1926).
In 2025, 39 US girls were named Fay, making it the 3,795th most common girls’ name of the year, down 374 places from #3,421 in 2024. That is 7 fewer than the 46 girls named Fay in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #202, reached in 1907. The most girls given the name in a single year was 722, in 1926. For comparison, it was #5,348 in 2015 and #413 in 1950.
Fewer than five US boys were named Fay in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #294, reached in 1893. The most boys given the name in a single year was 153, in 1916. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #1,671 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Fay in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 28 babies with the name. In all, 36,177 US babies have been given the name, 89% of them girls and 11% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 7,425 babies named Fay.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 381 US girls were named Fay; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 46. In 2025 that was about 1 in 41,212 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Faye (72,660 babies since 1880) and Fae (2,683 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Fay in the open dataset we use.
Fay is listed as a nickname for Faith.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,795 | — | — |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,421 | — | — |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,222 | — | — |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,909 | — | — |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,569 | — | — |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,201 | — | — |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,870 | — | — |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,806 | — | — |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,096 | — | — |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,486 | — | — |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,348 | — | — |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,302 | — | — |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,192 | — | — |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,757 | — | — |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,264 | — | — |
| 2010 | 22 | #6,037 | — | — |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,438 | — | — |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,637 | — | — |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,425 | — | — |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,137 | — | — |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,249 | — | — |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,111 | — | — |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,991 | — | — |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,140 | — | — |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,423 | — | — |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,844 | — | — |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,378 | — | — |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,439 | — | — |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,701 | — | — |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,762 | — | — |
| 1995 | 15 | #6,058 | — | — |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,532 | — | — |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,758 | — | — |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,812 | — | — |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,865 | — | — |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,940 | — | — |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,504 | — | — |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,622 | — | — |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,361 | — | — |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,480 | — | — |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,880 | — | — |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,799 | — | — |
| 1983 | 35 | #2,562 | — | — |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,601 | — | — |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,801 | — | — |
| 1980 | 42 | #2,318 | — | — |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,814 | — | — |
| 1978 | 46 | #2,063 | — | — |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,908 | — | — |
| 1976 | 55 | #1,736 | 8 | #4,134 |
| 1975 | 50 | #1,846 | — | — |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,828 | — | — |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,671 | — | — |
| 1972 | 51 | #1,731 | 5 | #5,219 |
| 1971 | 69 | #1,478 | 6 | #4,582 |
| 1970 | 68 | #1,480 | 5 | #4,948 |
| 1969 | 82 | #1,237 | 10 | #2,931 |
| 1968 | 111 | #994 | 6 | #3,847 |
| 1967 | 111 | #971 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 1966 | 140 | #844 | — | — |
| 1965 | 155 | #794 | 5 | #4,087 |
| 1964 | 184 | #767 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1963 | 210 | #704 | 9 | #2,919 |
| 1962 | 227 | #683 | 11 | #2,563 |
| 1961 | 246 | #653 | 16 | #2,091 |
| 1960 | 274 | #601 | 12 | #2,464 |
| 1959 | 260 | #615 | 12 | #2,459 |
| 1958 | 302 | #563 | 13 | #2,298 |
| 1957 | 265 | #597 | 16 | #2,044 |
| 1956 | 328 | #517 | 16 | #2,036 |
| 1955 | 263 | #561 | 21 | #1,697 |
| 1954 | 321 | #496 | 14 | #2,146 |
| 1953 | 302 | #501 | 18 | #1,857 |
| 1952 | 320 | #472 | 21 | #1,679 |
| 1951 | 393 | #422 | 20 | #1,692 |
| 1950 | 376 | #413 | 20 | #1,671 |
| 1949 | 401 | #398 | 33 | #1,263 |
| 1948 | 354 | #421 | 20 | #1,673 |
| 1947 | 420 | #389 | 33 | #1,280 |
| 1946 | 410 | #374 | 34 | #1,202 |
| 1945 | 335 | #384 | 32 | #1,170 |
| 1944 | 390 | #349 | 40 | #1,042 |
| 1943 | 471 | #324 | 38 | #1,111 |
| 1942 | 489 | #309 | 50 | #937 |
| 1941 | 430 | #318 | 43 | #979 |
| 1940 | 497 | #280 | 59 | #813 |
| 1939 | 502 | #277 | 42 | #982 |
| 1938 | 496 | #282 | 53 | #854 |
| 1937 | 550 | #268 | 47 | #915 |
| 1936 | 530 | #263 | 61 | #781 |
| 1935 | 543 | #263 | 71 | #726 |
| 1934 | 633 | #247 | 83 | #667 |
| 1933 | 608 | #247 | 79 | #658 |
| 1932 | 655 | #241 | 71 | #741 |
| 1931 | 632 | #239 | 82 | #661 |
| 1930 | 614 | #251 | 83 | #686 |
| 1929 | 654 | #244 | 80 | #690 |
| 1928 | 628 | #258 | 88 | #670 |
| 1927 | 665 | #254 | 97 | #643 |
| 1926 | 722 | #243 | 111 | #598 |
| 1925 | 607 | #269 | 119 | #571 |
| 1924 | 563 | #278 | 113 | #600 |
| 1923 | 595 | #264 | 122 | #567 |
| 1922 | 568 | #273 | 129 | #557 |
| 1921 | 612 | #270 | 128 | #556 |
| 1920 | 690 | #250 | 134 | #528 |
| 1919 | 660 | #250 | 148 | #491 |
| 1918 | 662 | #248 | 123 | #541 |
| 1917 | 690 | #238 | 142 | #481 |
| 1916 | 676 | #235 | 153 | #457 |
| 1915 | 701 | #224 | 141 | #462 |
| 1914 | 566 | #223 | 102 | #482 |
| 1913 | 427 | #233 | 83 | #477 |
| 1912 | 436 | #213 | 56 | #534 |
| 1911 | 339 | #208 | 27 | #590 |
| 1910 | 316 | #205 | 24 | #588 |
| 1909 | 246 | #228 | 28 | #491 |
| 1908 | 267 | #204 | 20 | #569 |
| 1907 | 257 | #202 | 15 | #677 |
| 1906 | 215 | #212 | 15 | #626 |
| 1905 | 215 | #211 | 28 | #404 |
| 1904 | 186 | #225 | 19 | #500 |
| 1903 | 190 | #219 | 36 | #313 |
| 1902 | 181 | #223 | 32 | #349 |
| 1901 | 151 | #235 | 26 | #365 |
| 1900 | 170 | #248 | 30 | #416 |
| 1899 | 139 | #235 | 23 | #388 |
| 1898 | 171 | #223 | 25 | #398 |
| 1897 | 141 | #236 | 13 | #590 |
| 1896 | 107 | #281 | 21 | #430 |
| 1895 | 121 | #257 | 23 | #401 |
| 1894 | 124 | #242 | 34 | #302 |
| 1893 | 89 | #283 | 35 | #294 |
| 1892 | 97 | #270 | 20 | #429 |
| 1891 | 92 | #253 | 21 | #380 |
| 1890 | 99 | #250 | 25 | #353 |
| 1889 | 84 | #256 | 19 | #420 |
| 1888 | 63 | #298 | 14 | #537 |
| 1887 | 47 | #312 | 17 | #413 |
| 1886 | 37 | #353 | 25 | #342 |
| 1885 | 48 | #290 | 18 | #427 |
| 1884 | 39 | #317 | 20 | #403 |
| 1883 | 28 | #338 | 15 | #466 |
| 1882 | 34 | #302 | 15 | #476 |
| 1881 | 18 | #399 | 15 | #448 |
| 1880 | 13 | #478 | 15 | #471 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).