Gay peaked in the US in 1943 at #315, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Gay as a girl’s name Share of babies Rank
Gay as a girl’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.13 0.25 0.38 0.5 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Gay as a girl’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.13 0.25 0.38 0.5 1880 1920 1960 2000 Gay as a girl’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Gay as a girl’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K 1880 1920 1960 2000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers Year US 1982 #9,237 (6) 1979 #6,189 (10) 1978 #6,948 (8) 1977 #4,942 (13) 1976 #3,963 (16) 1975 #2,565 (30) 1974 #2,497 (30) 1973 #3,015 (22) 1972 #1,565 (59) 1971 #1,364 (78) 1970 #1,017 (122) 1969 #943 (127) 1968 #767 (169) 1967 #735 (178) 1966 #620 (235)
The tide so far Peaked in the US in 1943 at #315. First recorded in the US in 1886. In 1974, 83% of US babies named Gay were girls.