Fay is an established name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1915 and has since faded.
Fay is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,795 for girl births in the United States (and #6,657 across all names), given to 39 babies. Fay was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1926 (722 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | 39 | #3,795 | — |
| 2024 | 46 | 46 | #3,421 | — |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 | #4,222 | — |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | #3,909 | — |
| 2021 | 43 | 43 | #3,569 | — |
| 2020 | 33 | 33 | #4,201 | — |
| 2019 | 38 | 38 | #3,870 | — |
| 2018 | 39 | 39 | #3,806 | — |
| 2017 | 26 | 26 | #5,096 | — |
| 2016 | 45 | 45 | #3,486 | — |
| 2015 | 25 | 25 | #5,348 | — |
| 2014 | 34 | 34 | #4,302 | — |
| 2013 | 26 | 26 | #5,192 | — |
| 2012 | 30 | 30 | #4,757 | — |
| 2011 | 26 | 26 | #5,264 | — |
| 2010 | 22 | 22 | #6,037 | — |
| 2009 | 26 | 26 | #5,438 | — |
| 2008 | 20 | 20 | #6,637 | — |
| 2007 | 26 | 26 | #5,425 | — |
| 2006 | 27 | 27 | #5,137 | — |
| 2005 | 16 | 16 | #7,249 | — |
| 2004 | 25 | 25 | #5,111 | — |
| 2003 | 25 | 25 | #4,991 | — |
| 2002 | 23 | 23 | #5,140 | — |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | #6,423 | — |
| 2000 | 24 | 24 | #4,844 | — |
| 1999 | 13 | 13 | #7,378 | — |
| 1998 | 19 | 19 | #5,439 | — |
| 1997 | 17 | — | #5,701 | — |
| 1996 | 11 | — | #7,762 | — |
| 1995 | 15 | — | #6,058 | — |
| 1994 | 17 | — | #5,532 | — |
| 1993 | 16 | — | #5,758 | — |
| 1992 | 16 | — | #5,812 | — |
| 1991 | 20 | — | #4,865 | — |
| 1990 | 26 | — | #3,940 | — |
| 1989 | 29 | — | #3,504 | — |
| 1988 | 26 | — | #3,622 | — |
| 1987 | 27 | — | #3,361 | — |
| 1986 | 25 | — | #3,480 | — |
| 1985 | 32 | — | #2,880 | — |
| 1984 | 32 | — | #2,799 | — |
| 1983 | 35 | — | #2,562 | — |
| 1982 | 36 | — | #2,601 | — |
| 1981 | 32 | — | #2,801 | — |
| 1980 | 42 | — | #2,318 | — |
| 1979 | 31 | — | #2,814 | — |
| 1978 | 46 | — | #2,063 | — |
| 1977 | 52 | — | #1,908 | — |
| 1976 | 63 | — | #1,736 | #4,134 |
| 1975 | 50 | — | #1,846 | — |
| 1974 | 48 | — | #1,828 | — |
| 1973 | 54 | — | #1,671 | — |
| 1972 | 56 | — | #1,731 | #5,219 |
| 1971 | 75 | — | #1,478 | #4,582 |
| 1970 | 73 | — | #1,480 | #4,948 |
| 1969 | 92 | — | #1,237 | #2,931 |
| 1968 | 117 | — | #994 | #3,847 |
| 1967 | 120 | — | #971 | #2,841 |
| 1966 | 140 | — | #844 | — |
| 1965 | 160 | — | #794 | #4,087 |
| 1964 | 193 | — | #767 | #2,924 |
| 1963 | 219 | — | #704 | #2,919 |
| 1962 | 238 | — | #683 | #2,563 |
| 1961 | 262 | — | #653 | #2,091 |
| 1960 | 286 | — | #601 | #2,464 |
| 1959 | 272 | — | #615 | #2,459 |
| 1958 | 315 | — | #563 | #2,298 |
| 1957 | 281 | — | #597 | #2,044 |
| 1956 | 344 | — | #517 | #2,036 |
| 1955 | 284 | — | #561 | #1,697 |
| 1954 | 335 | — | #496 | #2,146 |
| 1953 | 320 | — | #501 | #1,857 |
| 1952 | 341 | — | #472 | #1,679 |
| 1951 | 413 | — | #422 | #1,692 |
| 1950 | 396 | — | #413 | #1,671 |
| 1949 | 434 | — | #398 | #1,263 |
| 1948 | 374 | — | #421 | #1,673 |
| 1947 | 453 | — | #389 | #1,280 |
| 1946 | 444 | — | #374 | #1,202 |
| 1945 | 367 | — | #384 | #1,170 |
| 1944 | 430 | — | #349 | #1,042 |
| 1943 | 509 | — | #324 | #1,111 |
| 1942 | 539 | — | #309 | #937 |
| 1941 | 473 | — | #318 | #979 |
| 1940 | 556 | — | #280 | #813 |
| 1939 | 544 | — | #277 | #982 |
| 1938 | 549 | — | #282 | #854 |
| 1937 | 597 | — | #268 | #915 |
| 1936 | 591 | — | #263 | #781 |
| 1935 | 614 | — | #263 | #726 |
| 1934 | 716 | — | #247 | #667 |
| 1933 | 687 | — | #247 | #658 |
| 1932 | 726 | — | #241 | #741 |
| 1931 | 714 | — | #239 | #661 |
| 1930 | 697 | — | #251 | #686 |
| 1929 | 734 | — | #244 | #690 |
| 1928 | 716 | — | #258 | #670 |
| 1927 | 762 | — | #254 | #643 |
| 1926 | 833 | — | #243 | #598 |
| 1925 | 726 | — | #269 | #571 |
| 1924 | 676 | — | #278 | #600 |
| 1923 | 717 | — | #264 | #567 |
| 1922 | 697 | — | #273 | #557 |
| 1921 | 740 | — | #270 | #556 |
| 1920 | 824 | — | #250 | #528 |
| 1919 | 808 | — | #250 | #491 |
| 1918 | 785 | — | #248 | #541 |
| 1917 | 832 | — | #238 | #481 |
| 1916 | 829 | — | #235 | #457 |
| 1915 | 842 | — | #224 | #462 |
| 1914 | 668 | — | #223 | #482 |
| 1913 | 510 | — | #233 | #477 |
| 1912 | 492 | — | #213 | #534 |
| 1911 | 366 | — | #208 | #590 |
| 1910 | 340 | — | #205 | #588 |
| 1909 | 274 | — | #228 | #491 |
| 1908 | 287 | — | #204 | #569 |
| 1907 | 272 | — | #202 | #677 |
| 1906 | 230 | — | #212 | #626 |
| 1905 | 243 | — | #211 | #404 |
| 1904 | 205 | — | #225 | #500 |
| 1903 | 226 | — | #219 | #313 |
| 1902 | 213 | — | #223 | #349 |
| 1901 | 177 | — | #235 | #365 |
| 1900 | 200 | — | #248 | #416 |
| 1899 | 162 | — | #235 | #388 |
| 1898 | 196 | — | #223 | #398 |
| 1897 | 154 | — | #236 | #590 |
| 1896 | 128 | — | #281 | #430 |
| 1895 | 144 | — | #257 | #401 |
| 1894 | 158 | — | #242 | #302 |
| 1893 | 124 | — | #283 | #294 |
| 1892 | 117 | — | #270 | #429 |
| 1891 | 113 | — | #253 | #380 |
| 1890 | 124 | — | #250 | #353 |
| 1889 | 103 | — | #256 | #420 |
| 1888 | 77 | — | #298 | #537 |
| 1887 | 64 | — | #312 | #413 |
| 1886 | 62 | — | #353 | #342 |
| 1885 | 66 | — | #290 | #427 |
| 1884 | 59 | — | #317 | #403 |
| 1883 | 43 | — | #338 | #466 |
| 1882 | 49 | — | #302 | #476 |
| 1881 | 33 | — | #399 | #448 |
| 1880 | 28 | — | #478 | #471 |