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How popular is the name Fay?
Births per year, rank history and how many Fays are alive today.
Fay (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Faye in England and Wales, ranked 3035th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 91 babies were given the name, the 368th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 9% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Faye you are most likely to meet is around 25 years old. Half of all Fayes born in England and Wales are between 16 and 31, and there are at least 13,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4% chance that at least one of them will be called Faye.
How many babies are named Fay each year?
Includes all spellings: Fay, Faye. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Fay spelling rank?
Where does the Faye spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Fay most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Faye, peaked in 2002, when 508 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Fay spelling itself peaked in 1996, with 91 babies.
How many people are called Fay?
At least 13,000 people named Fay in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Fay?
Most living Fays are between 16 and 31; the most common age is about 25.
Is Fay becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2002 peak.