Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Fay

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Fay
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 93.6% from peak

Peak era

1926

Peak rank proxy

722

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19262024

Peak year

1926

Decline from peak

93.6%

2024

All-time

32,019

Fay once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1926, when 722 girls were named Fay.

In 2024, only 46 girls were given the name.

Down 93.6% from its peak.

All told, about 32,019 Americans have been named Fay and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93.6% from peak

1926722 girls named Fay

202446 girls named Fay

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