girls:
6 births since 1918
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
225 births since 2006
#4361 (5th percentile)
overall:
231 births since 1918
#7508 (3rd percentile)
The name Zay is the #7,508 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 231 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 3.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,361 (4.8% percentile) for all time with 225 births since 2006. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1918.
Zay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for girls and 2006 for boys). Birth data for Zay is available in 16 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023 (15 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Zay has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.4% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 2006, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1918 to 2005), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2006 to 2023).
For boys, Zay reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #892) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zay ranks #882 for boys (3.2% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 94.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Zay reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #589) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1918, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1918.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zay".
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