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Gay
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1959 · #363
Origin
English
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No girls were recorded as Gay in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1959 with 682 babies, ranked #363.
- It first shows up in the records in 1886.
- 17,985 girls have been named Gay since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Gay per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.3Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,188 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Silent: 5,134 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Boomers: 10,039 babies, 0.28 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,399 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 6 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
- A unisex given name from English.
- A female given name from English, from the word gay (“joyful”); rare today.
- A male given name from English.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Gay, CC BY-SA 4.0.