Fay
Girl nameFay has been given to 36,177 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1915.
Meaning & origin /feɪ/
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
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Total babies
36,177
Peak year
1915 (842 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▲ +56%
Gender split
89% girls / 11% boys
Famous people named Fay
Fay Bainter
American actress (1893–1968)
Fay Wray
Actress (1907-2004)
Fay Weldon
British writer (1931–2023)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Fay.
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