How Many People Are Named Fay?
people named Fay are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 33,686 people in the US has this name
Based on 36,177 babies named Fay in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
842 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Middle English faie meaning "fairy", ultimately (via Old French) from Latin fata meaning "the Fates". It appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Arthurian legends in the name of Morgan le Fay. It has been used as a given name since the 19th century. In some cases it may be used as a short form of FAITH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Fay in English. Counting Fay and these spellings together, about 44,868 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Fay, 95.4% were girls and 4.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Fay rose from 70.4% in the 1880s to 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Fay alive today is about 68 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 82 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Fay first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1915, to 842 babies. In 2025, 39 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Fay has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #202, in 1907. In 2025 it ranked #3,794. Among boys, its best rank was #294, in 1893.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,794 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #202 (1907) | #294 (1893) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #262 in the 1920s | #591 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Fay alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Fay were born in New York than in any other state: about 828 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Fay was given 2.6 times as often in Utah, 2.1 times in Hawaii and 2 times in Arkansas.
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