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How popular is “Fay” in the USA?

Number of people named “Fay” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Fay” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Fay” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Fay” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Fay” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Fay” by birth year

This chart shows how “Fay” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 28 0.000138969 13 15 -7%
1881 33 0.000171261 18 15 9%
1882 49 0.000221186 34 15 39%
1883 43 0.000198206 28 15 30%
1884 59 0.000242339 39 20 32%
1885 66 0.000274025 48 18 45%
1886 62 0.000242836 37 25 19%
1887 64 0.000258699 47 17 47%
1888 77 0.000257117 63 14 64%
1889 103 0.000356468 84 19 63%
1890 124 0.000411412 99 25 60%
1891 113 0.000394177 92 21 63%
1892 117 0.000349908 97 20 66%
1893 124 0.000381277 89 35 44%
1894 158 0.000466503 124 34 57%
1895 144 0.000410233 121 23 68%
1896 128 0.000358058 107 21 67%
1897 154 0.000443859 141 13 83%
1898 196 0.000513822 171 25 74%
1899 162 0.000477546 139 23 72%
1900 200 0.00044419 170 30 70%
1901 177 0.000511839 151 26 71%
1902 213 0.000550768 181 32 70%
1903 226 0.000592865 190 36 68%
1904 205 0.000508073 186 19 81%
1905 243 0.000573219 215 28 77%
1906 230 0.000536818 215 15 87%
1907 272 0.000584456 257 15 89%
1908 287 0.000587334 267 20 86%
1909 274 0.000535969 246 28 80%
1910 340 0.000575578 316 24 86%
1911 366 0.000568078 339 27 85%
1912 492 0.000497944 436 56 77%
1913 510 0.000448505 427 83 67%
1914 668 0.000471637 566 102 69%
1915 842 0.0004595 701 141 67%
1916 829 0.000428553 676 153 63%
1917 832 0.000414601 690 142 66%
1918 785 0.000361566 662 123 69%
1919 808 0.000382894 660 148 63%
1920 824 0.000364176 690 134 67%
1921 740 0.000316984 612 128 65%
1922 697 0.000304479 568 129 63%
1923 717 0.000311403 595 122 66%
1924 676 0.000283842 563 113 67%
1925 726 0.000311147 607 119 67%
1926 833 0.00036282 722 111 73%
1927 762 0.000328539 665 97 75%
1928 716 0.000316683 628 88 75%
1929 734 0.000334829 654 80 78%
1930 697 0.0003135 614 83 76%
1931 714 0.000339291 632 82 77%
1932 726 0.000343865 655 71 80%
1933 687 0.000343595 608 79 77%
1934 716 0.000344759 633 83 77%
1935 614 0.000293794 543 71 77%
1936 591 0.000284466 530 61 79%
1937 597 0.000280194 550 47 84%
1938 549 0.000248127 496 53 81%
1939 543 0.000246433 501 42 85%
1940 556 0.000241457 497 59 79%
1941 473 0.000194137 430 43 82%
1942 539 0.000197305 489 50 81%
1943 509 0.000180333 471 38 85%
1944 430 0.000159847 390 40 81%
1945 367 0.000138339 335 32 83%
1946 444 0.000138954 410 34 85%
1947 453 0.000125752 420 33 85%
1948 374 0.000108327 354 20 89%
1949 434 0.000124542 401 33 85%
1950 396 0.000113034 376 20 90%
1951 413 0.000112114 393 20 90%
1952 341 0.000089784 320 21 88%
1953 320 0.000083038 302 18 89%
1954 335 0.000084156 321 14 92%
1955 284 0.000070733 263 21 85%
1956 344 0.000083434 328 16 91%
1957 281 0.000066871 265 16 89%
1958 315 0.000076199 302 13 92%
1959 272 0.000065416 260 12 91%
1960 286 0.000068852 274 12 92%
1961 262 0.00006325 246 16 88%
1962 238 0.000058978 227 11 91%
1963 219 0.000055328 210 9 92%
1964 193 0.000049645 184 9 91%
1965 160 0.000044132 155 5 94%
1966 140 0.00004028 140 100%
1967 120 0.000035347 111 9 85%
1968 117 0.000034632 111 6 90%
1969 92 0.000026472 82 10 78%
1970 73 0.000020241 68 5 86%
1971 75 0.000021851 69 6 84%
1972 56 0.000017817 51 5 82%
1973 54 0.000017899 54 100%
1974 48 0.000015789 48 100%
1975 50 0.00001656 50 100%
1976 63 0.000020763 55 8 75%
1977 52 0.00001637 52 100%
1978 46 0.000014493 46 100%
1979 31 0.000009318 31 100%
1980 42 0.000012193 42 100%
1981 32 0.00000925 32 100%
1982 36 0.000010262 36 100%
1983 35 0.000010106 35 100%
1984 32 0.000009172 32 100%
1985 32 0.000008966 32 100%
1986 25 0.000007028 25 100%
1987 27 0.000007488 27 100%
1988 26 0.000007036 26 100%
1989 29 0.000007543 29 100%
1990 26 0.000006578 26 100%
1991 20 0.000005134 20 100%
1992 16 0.000004165 16 100%
1993 16 0.000004244 16 100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 100%
1995 15 0.000004096 15 100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 100%
1997 17 0.000004689 17 100%
1998 19 0.000005166 19 100%
1999 13 0.000003519 13 100%
2000 24 0.000006349 24 100%
2001 17 0.000004541 17 100%
2002 23 0.000006153 23 100%
2003 25 0.000006575 25 100%
2004 25 0.000006543 25 100%
2005 16 0.000004161 16 100%
2006 27 0.000006825 27 100%
2007 26 0.000006504 26 100%
2008 20 0.000005088 20 100%
2009 26 0.000006806 26 100%
2010 22 0.000005953 22 100%
2011 26 0.000007108 26 100%
2012 30 0.000008203 30 100%
2013 26 0.000007132 26 100%
2014 34 0.000009173 34 100%
2015 25 0.000006755 25 100%
2016 45 0.000012266 45 100%
2017 26 0.00000727 26 100%
2018 39 0.000011092 39 100%
2019 38 0.000010948 38 100%
2020 33 0.000009879 33 100%
2021 43 0.000012692 43 100%
2022 38 0.000011232 38 100%
2023 34 0.000010268 34 100%
2024 46 0.00001382 46 100%

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