Flay

Boy · recorded 1915–1956

  • 1956last recorded
  • 1918best year

Most popular in 1918.

Last recorded in 1956. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Flay.

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

04819151925193619461956

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 14 recorded years as a table
Flay, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19156
19166
19178
19188
19195
19226
19244
19265
19274
19285
19315
19368
19424
19562

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Flay isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1956
5
Rank in 1956
#3,942
How rare
1 in 423,060 boys
Since 1915
80

Flay was last recorded in 1956. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1918, at 8 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Flay doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.