How popular is the name Gay?

Gay ranks 838th among girls' names in US records, with 25,147 births since 1886. Over the past decade it accounts for 181.

Is Gay a unisex name?

No. Gay is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1959, when 950 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 1982.

Girl name#838 of girl names

Pronounced G EY1 (ARPABET)

Gay is a girls' name, and first appears in 1886. It has been given to 25,147 children — the 838th most common girls' name on record.

It has left circulation; 1982 is the last year it appears. Its best single year was 1959, when 950 children were given it.

1959Girls: 950Boys: 10

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Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Gay?: Gay ranks 838th among girls' names in US records, with 25,147 births since 1886. Over the past decade it accounts for 181.
Is Gay a unisex name?: No. Gay is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Gay most popular?: 1959, when 950 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 1982.