Bay
Bay was the 12106th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 2419th with 75 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 9,139 places. More babies were named Bay in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #12,106 girls, down 3,623 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7girls
- Girls and boys
- 82% girls, 18% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201475 babies
- Total since 1880
- 727babies recorded
Bay popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,106 | — | 7 | — |
| 2020 | #8,483 | — | 12 | — |
| 2010 | #9,885 | #8,216 | 11 | 9 |
| 2000 | #8,630 | #6,901 | 11 | 9 |
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How popular is Bay, counting every spelling?
Bay has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Bay?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Bay (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Bay born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Bay.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Bay?
About 500 people born in the US named Bay are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 10 and 14. That makes Bay a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Bay
How popular is the name Bay?
Bay was the 12106th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 2419th with 75 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 9,139 places. More babies were named Bay in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Bay a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 82% girls, 18% boys given the name Bay in the US.