The baby name Fay appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1926 with 994 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Fay has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 364 |
| 1911 | 359 |
| 1912 | 533 |
| 1912 | 18 |
| 1913 | 480 |
| 1913 | 56 |
| 1914 | 704 |
| 1914 | 66 |
| 1915 | 860 |
| 1915 | 115 |
| 1916 | 894 |
| 1916 | 127 |
| 1917 | 865 |
| 1917 | 149 |
| 1918 | 842 |
| 1918 | 126 |
| 1919 | 784 |
| 1919 | 137 |
| 1920 | 793 |
| 1920 | 101 |
| 1921 | 666 |
| 1921 | 87 |
| 1922 | 653 |
| 1922 | 106 |
| 1923 | 679 |
| 1923 | 58 |
| 1924 | 647 |
| 1924 | 68 |
| 1925 | 784 |
| 1925 | 90 |
| 1926 | 994 |
| 1926 | 79 |
| 1927 | 925 |
| 1927 | 50 |
| 1928 | 881 |
| 1928 | 37 |
| 1929 | 888 |
| 1929 | 47 |
| 1930 | 816 |
| 1930 | 25 |
| 1931 | 799 |
| 1931 | 19 |
| 1932 | 859 |
| 1932 | 21 |
| 1933 | 744 |
| 1933 | 45 |
| 1934 | 776 |
| 1934 | 26 |
| 1935 | 671 |
| 1935 | 28 |
| 1936 | 609 |
| 1936 | 13 |
| 1937 | 650 |
| 1937 | 5 |
| 1938 | 548 |
| 1938 | 8 |
| 1939 | 547 |
| 1940 | 552 |
| 1940 | 5 |
| 1941 | 430 |
| 1941 | 9 |
| 1942 | 461 |
| 1942 | 12 |
| 1943 | 541 |
| 1944 | 378 |
| 1944 | 6 |
| 1945 | 301 |
| 1945 | 6 |
| 1946 | 383 |
| 1946 | 6 |
| 1947 | 406 |
| 1947 | 6 |
| 1948 | 324 |
| 1949 | 410 |
| 1949 | 6 |
| 1950 | 371 |
| 1950 | 7 |
| 1951 | 452 |
| 1952 | 373 |
| 1953 | 303 |
| 1954 | 298 |
| 1955 | 210 |
| 1956 | 315 |
| 1957 | 285 |
| 1958 | 312 |
| 1959 | 286 |
| 1960 | 292 |
| 1961 | 243 |
| 1962 | 191 |
| 1963 | 177 |
| 1964 | 153 |
| 1965 | 112 |
| 1966 | 72 |
| 1967 | 57 |
| 1968 | 75 |
| 1969 | 34 |
| 1970 | 16 |
| 1971 | 36 |
| 1972 | 12 |
| 1973 | 17 |
| 1974 | 7 |
| 1975 | 7 |
| 1976 | 31 |
| 1977 | 14 |
| 1978 | 7 |
| 1979 | 16 |
| 1981 | 6 |
| 1982 | 5 |
| 1985 | 10 |
| 1986 | 5 |
| 1987 | 10 |
| 1991 | 5 |
| 2000 | 17 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2017 | 15 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2024 | 19 |