Quay is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1934 and has grown less common since.
Quay is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Quay was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 1971 (14 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,664 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,111 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,593 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,533 |
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,567 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,802 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,859 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,913 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,396 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,010 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,998 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,370 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,347 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,232 |
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,496 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | — | #10,420 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | — | #8,737 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | — | #9,942 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | — | #6,823 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | — | #6,672 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | — | #7,993 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | — | #7,867 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | — | #6,755 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | — | #7,035 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | — | #5,778 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | — | #7,324 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | — | #4,500 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #11,648 | — |
| 1975 | 5 | — | — | #6,092 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | — | #4,399 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | — | #4,329 |
| 1971 | 14 | — | — | #2,658 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | — | #4,861 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | — | #4,593 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | — | #3,528 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #6,978 | — |
| 1955 | 6 | — | — | #3,793 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | — | #3,254 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | — | #3,359 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | — | #2,891 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | — | #3,856 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | — | #3,447 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | — | #3,949 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | — | #3,188 |
| 1934 | 15 | — | #4,828 | #2,526 |
| 1933 | 9 | — | — | #2,685 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | — | #3,687 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | — | #3,330 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | — | #4,430 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | — | #3,632 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | — | #4,098 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | — | #4,085 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | — | #3,777 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | — | #4,149 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | — | #4,831 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | — | #4,173 |
| 1919 | 11 | — | — | #2,628 |
| 1918 | 10 | — | — | #2,841 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | — | #4,365 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | — | #2,417 |