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Fay

Pronounced /feɪ/

Rank in 2024
#3,414
Born in 2024
46
Peak year
1926 · #243
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 46 girls were named Fay, about 1 in every 35,069.
  • It peaked in 1926 with 722 babies, ranked #243.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 32,019 girls have been named Fay since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Fay per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.6
    Greatest
  2. 0.5
    Silent
  3. 0.2
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 12,403 babies, 0.61 per 1,000. Silent: 9,656 babies, 0.47 per 1,000. Boomers: 5,856 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,165 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 395 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 356 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 427 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A female given name, pet form of Faith or Frances; often used as a middle name.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/feɪ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Fay, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyRising

    Faye

    Rank
    #540
    Born '24
    559
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19432024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Fae

    Rank
    #4,245
    Born '24
    34
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19162024