Fairy is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1917 and has since faded.
Fairy is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Fairy was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1917 (80 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | #16,068 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | #16,032 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | #16,335 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | #16,464 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | #10,207 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | #10,340 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | #17,323 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | #15,576 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #4,730 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | #4,096 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | #4,081 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #5,016 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | #3,989 |
| 1959 | 11 | — | #3,895 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | #4,638 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | #4,653 |
| 1956 | 16 | — | #2,962 |
| 1955 | 18 | — | #2,657 |
| 1954 | 15 | — | #2,930 |
| 1953 | 14 | — | #2,978 |
| 1952 | 18 | — | #2,522 |
| 1951 | 17 | — | #2,513 |
| 1950 | 15 | — | #2,703 |
| 1949 | 16 | — | #2,547 |
| 1948 | 16 | — | #2,525 |
| 1947 | 26 | — | #1,914 |
| 1946 | 19 | — | #2,179 |
| 1945 | 14 | — | #2,371 |
| 1944 | 21 | — | #1,879 |
| 1943 | 28 | — | #1,605 |
| 1942 | 21 | — | #1,879 |
| 1941 | 24 | — | #1,624 |
| 1940 | 35 | — | #1,251 |
| 1939 | 39 | — | #1,166 |
| 1938 | 31 | — | #1,324 |
| 1937 | 29 | — | #1,369 |
| 1936 | 20 | — | #1,708 |
| 1935 | 39 | — | #1,124 |
| 1934 | 39 | — | #1,135 |
| 1933 | 36 | — | #1,184 |
| 1932 | 55 | — | #958 |
| 1931 | 55 | — | #936 |
| 1930 | 48 | — | #1,063 |
| 1929 | 55 | — | #969 |
| 1928 | 55 | — | #1,013 |
| 1927 | 46 | — | #1,132 |
| 1926 | 59 | — | #974 |
| 1925 | 53 | — | #1,040 |
| 1924 | 64 | — | #953 |
| 1923 | 58 | — | #979 |
| 1922 | 73 | — | #863 |
| 1921 | 64 | — | #929 |
| 1920 | 70 | — | #867 |
| 1919 | 51 | — | #1,013 |
| 1918 | 75 | — | #827 |
| 1917 | 80 | — | #772 |
| 1916 | 57 | — | #898 |
| 1915 | 52 | — | #923 |
| 1914 | 46 | — | #867 |
| 1913 | 37 | — | #873 |
| 1912 | 33 | — | #879 |
| 1911 | 28 | — | #816 |
| 1910 | 29 | — | #800 |
| 1909 | 31 | — | #722 |
| 1908 | 29 | — | #726 |
| 1907 | 26 | — | #742 |
| 1906 | 25 | — | #732 |
| 1905 | 32 | — | #625 |
| 1904 | 22 | — | #759 |
| 1903 | 11 | — | #1,090 |
| 1902 | 20 | — | #781 |
| 1901 | 14 | — | #894 |
| 1900 | 24 | — | #750 |
| 1899 | 21 | — | #686 |
| 1898 | 19 | — | #775 |
| 1897 | 22 | — | #667 |
| 1896 | 21 | — | #691 |
| 1895 | 11 | — | #1,013 |
| 1894 | 11 | — | #967 |
| 1893 | 16 | — | #749 |
| 1892 | 15 | — | #774 |
| 1891 | 11 | — | #859 |
| 1890 | 13 | — | #770 |
| 1889 | 13 | — | #736 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | #1,185 |
| 1886 | 12 | — | #671 |
| 1885 | 8 | — | #811 |
| 1884 | 7 | — | #876 |
| 1883 | 10 | — | #627 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | #951 |