Meaning
We don’t have a verified meaning for Gay.
We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.
Its story
Popularity since 1883
Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.
See the 77 recorded years as a table
| Year | Per million |
|---|---|
| 1883 | 48 |
| 1886 | 54 |
| 1888 | 66 |
| 1890 | 72 |
| 1891 | 59 |
| 1892 | 49 |
| 1894 | 60 |
| 1896 | 59 |
| 1897 | 44 |
| 1899 | 66 |
| 1903 | 50 |
| 1906 | 38 |
| 1907 | 34 |
| 1910 | 46 |
| 1911 | 27 |
| 1912 | 30 |
| 1913 | 29 |
| 1914 | 23 |
| 1915 | 26 |
| 1916 | 28 |
| 1917 | 29 |
| 1918 | 15 |
| 1919 | 17 |
| 1920 | 25 |
| 1921 | 23 |
| 1922 | 17 |
| 1923 | 16 |
| 1924 | 26 |
| 1925 | 27 |
| 1926 | 21 |
| 1927 | 25 |
| 1928 | 27 |
| 1929 | 28 |
| 1930 | 32 |
| 1931 | 26 |
| 1932 | 28 |
| 1933 | 26 |
| 1934 | 27 |
| 1935 | 31 |
| 1936 | 30 |
| 1937 | 25 |
| 1938 | 27 |
| 1939 | 32 |
| 1940 | 16 |
| 1941 | 34 |
| 1942 | 20 |
| 1943 | 17 |
| 1944 | 19 |
| 1945 | 23 |
| 1946 | 12 |
| 1947 | 14 |
| 1948 | 22 |
| 1949 | 13 |
| 1950 | 13 |
| 1951 | 19 |
| 1952 | 10 |
| 1953 | 13 |
| 1954 | 12 |
| 1955 | 7 |
| 1956 | 12 |
| 1957 | 6 |
| 1958 | 7 |
| 1959 | 5 |
| 1960 | 5 |
| 1961 | 4 |
| 1962 | 3 |
| 1963 | 4 |
| 1964 | 4 |
| 1965 | 4 |
| 1966 | 5 |
| 1967 | 3 |
| 1968 | 3 |
| 1969 | 3 |
| 1970 | 4 |
| 1971 | 3 |
| 1972 | 4 |
| 1974 | 4 |
Where it’s loved
Most popular in these states
Gay 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
More like Gay
The numbers
Every figure
- Births in 1974
- 6
- Rank in 1974
- #4,634
- How rare
- 1 in 262,055 boys
- Since 1883
- 1,382
Gay was last recorded in 1974. 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 1890, at 72 per million boys born.
There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gay doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.
Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.