Girl · #3780 in 2025

Fay

Fay: popularity and trends since 1880

Rank
#3780
Born 2025
39
Peak year
1911

Popularity, 1880–2025

per 100,000 girls born

Fay per 100,000 girls born, by year. Peak: 1911. Gaps are years with fewer than five births, which SSA does not publish. Source: SSA, 1880–2025.

Recent trend

Fay has been rising: its share of girls born has grown over the last 10 years. It now stands at 3% of its 1911 peak.

Sounds good with

Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.