girls:
499 births since 1987
#5217 (9th percentile)
boys:
197 births since 1916
#4389 (4th percentile)
overall:
696 births since 1916
#7043 (9th percentile)
The name Bay is the #7,043 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 696 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 9.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,217 (8.7% percentile) for all time with 499 births since 1987. For boys, it ranks #4,389 (4.2% percentile) for all time with 197 births since 1916.
Bay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 1987 for girls). Birth data for Bay is available in 37 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Bay has been given predominantly to girls, with 71.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Bay were girls. Interestingly, until around 1987, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1916 to 1986), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (75.4% girls from 1987 to 2023).
For girls, Bay reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 7.2% percentile (ranked #897) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 38 births per million (ranked 7.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Bay ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 13.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Bay reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #882) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bay".
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