Fay
Boy name
Fay meaning
that which decides
Fay at a glance
- Used as
- Boy name
- Listed in
- Muslim baby names
- Script form
- فيAs listed by MuslimNames.com; not independently verified
- Latest U.S. rank (boy)
- #4,012 in 1976
Fay popularity in the U.S.
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | #465 | 15 |
| 1890 | #351 | 25 |
| 1893 | #292 | 35 |
| 1900 | #413 | 30 |
| 1910 | #582 | 24 |
| 1920 | #526 | 134 |
| 1930 | #685 | 83 |
| 1940 | #810 | 59 |
| 1950 | #1,657 | 20 |
| 1960 | #2,421 | 12 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
All 93 ranked years
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | #465 | 15 |
| 1881 | #442 | 15 |
| 1882 | #469 | 15 |
| 1883 | #460 | 15 |
| 1884 | #399 | 20 |
| 1885 | #422 | 18 |
| 1886 | #336 | 25 |
| 1887 | #409 | 17 |
| 1888 | #528 | 14 |
| 1889 | #415 | 19 |
| 1890 | #351 | 25 |
| 1891 | #377 | 21 |
| 1892 | #422 | 20 |
| 1893 | #292 | 35 |
| 1894 | #298 | 34 |
| 1895 | #399 | 23 |
| 1896 | #424 | 21 |
| 1897 | #584 | 13 |
| 1898 | #394 | 25 |
| 1899 | #384 | 23 |
| 1900 | #413 | 30 |
| 1901 | #359 | 26 |
| 1902 | #348 | 32 |
| 1903 | #312 | 36 |
| 1904 | #492 | 19 |
| 1905 | #404 | 28 |
| 1906 | #613 | 15 |
| 1907 | #664 | 15 |
| 1908 | #566 | 20 |
| 1909 | #487 | 28 |
| 1910 | #582 | 24 |
| 1911 | #584 | 27 |
| 1912 | #532 | 56 |
| 1913 | #475 | 83 |
| 1914 | #481 | 102 |
| 1915 | #462 | 141 |
| 1916 | #455 | 153 |
| 1917 | #481 | 142 |
| 1918 | #541 | 123 |
| 1919 | #491 | 148 |
| 1920 | #526 | 134 |
| 1921 | #553 | 128 |
| 1922 | #557 | 129 |
| 1923 | #564 | 122 |
| 1924 | #600 | 113 |
| 1925 | #569 | 119 |
| 1926 | #597 | 111 |
| 1927 | #643 | 97 |
| 1928 | #669 | 88 |
| 1929 | #689 | 80 |
| 1930 | #685 | 83 |
| 1931 | #659 | 82 |
| 1932 | #739 | 71 |
| 1933 | #657 | 79 |
| 1934 | #666 | 83 |
| 1935 | #725 | 71 |
| 1936 | #781 | 61 |
| 1937 | #905 | 47 |
| 1938 | #852 | 53 |
| 1939 | #976 | 42 |
| 1940 | #810 | 59 |
| 1941 | #971 | 43 |
| 1942 | #933 | 50 |
| 1943 | #1,106 | 38 |
| 1944 | #1,038 | 40 |
| 1945 | #1,163 | 32 |
| 1946 | #1,197 | 34 |
| 1947 | #1,272 | 33 |
| 1948 | #1,656 | 20 |
| 1949 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1950 | #1,657 | 20 |
| 1951 | #1,682 | 20 |
| 1952 | #1,665 | 21 |
| 1953 | #1,836 | 18 |
| 1954 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1955 | #1,682 | 21 |
| 1956 | #2,015 | 16 |
| 1957 | #2,019 | 16 |
| 1958 | #2,264 | 13 |
| 1959 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,421 | 12 |
| 1961 | #2,068 | 16 |
| 1962 | #2,503 | 11 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1968 | #3,672 | 6 |
| 1969 | #2,862 | 10 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.
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Meaning source: MuslimNames.com via the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset.
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