Gay Girl

Popularity: — · Trend: → Stable

U.S. Historical Usage

The name Gay was first seen in the United States in 1883.

Gay has ranked as high as #652 nationally, which occurred in 1959, and has been most popular in Texas, California, New York, Illinois, and Michigan.

In the past 5 years the name Gay has been trending down compared to the previous 5 years.

Popularity Over Time (National)

The name Gay is part of our comprehensive baby names database, which includes Social Security Administration (SSA) data dating back to 1880—the first official year of state and national tracking. The chart below shows when Gay was first recorded in the United States and illustrates how its popularity has risen and fallen over time.

Top States for Gay (1975)

We track the most popular states for each baby name every year and highlight the locations where the name appears most frequently. The table below shows the five states with the highest number of births for this name in the selected year. Use the toggle to expand the list to every state with reported births.

State Births Share
TX 7
100%

Popularity Over Time (National) — Table

We track the national popularity of each baby name annually. The table below displays each year along with the number of births reported by the Social Security Administration. This data combines all state-level reporting from the SSA's baby names database to provide a comprehensive view of overall birth counts for Gay.

Year Total Births Boy Girl
1982 6 0 6
1979 10 0 10
1978 8 0 8
1977 13 0 13
1976 16 0 16
1975 30 0 30
1974 36 6 30
1973 22 0 22
1972 65 6 59
1971 83 5 78
1970 129 7 122
1969 133 6 127
1968 175 6 169
1967 183 5 178
1966 244 9 235
1965 309 7 302
1964 357 7 350
1963 389 8 381
1962 451 6 445
1961 604 8 596
1960 637 11 626
1959 692 10 682
1958 502 14 488
1957 597 13 584
1956 554 26 528
1955 510 14 496
1954 657 25 632
1953 605 26 579
1952 662 19 643
1951 576 35 541
1950 505 24 481
1949 511 23 488
1948 511 39 472
1947 567 25 542
1946 504 19 485
1945 426 31 395
1944 423 26 397
1943 511 24 487
1942 416 28 388
1941 409 42 367
1940 327 19 308
1939 373 35 338
1938 353 30 323
1937 367 27 340
1936 350 31 319
1935 298 32 266
1934 264 28 236
1933 253 26 227
1932 246 29 217
1931 193 27 166
1930 190 35 155
1929 144 30 114
1928 121 30 91
1927 110 28 82
1926 103 23 80
1925 112 30 82
1924 88 29 59
1923 86 17 69
1922 74 19 55
1921 81 25 56
1920 84 27 57
1919 84 17 67
1918 79 15 64
1917 101 27 74
1916 93 25 68
1915 81 22 59
1914 57 15 42
1913 49 15 34
1912 39 13 26
1911 29 6 23
1910 35 9 26
1909 26 0 26
1908 20 0 20
1907 30 5 25
1906 20 5 15
1905 15 0 15
1904 16 0 16
1903 24 6 18
1902 17 0 17
1901 13 0 13
1900 18 0 18
1899 33 7 26
1898 15 0 15
1897 18 5 13
1896 23 7 16
1895 10 0 10
1894 24 7 17
1893 17 0 17
1892 24 6 18
1891 18 6 12
1890 24 8 16
1889 12 0 12
1888 22 8 14
1887 10 0 10
1886 11 6 5
1883 5 5 0