Fairy

Girl · recorded 1882–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1905best year

Most popular in 1905.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls 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 Fairy.

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 1882

05511018821918195319892024

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 90 recorded years as a table
Fairy, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188246
188389
188454
188560
188683
188834
188973
189068
189159
189271
189375
189449
189547
189688
189794
189873
189990
190080
190158
190276
190342
190480
1905110
190685
190782
190887
190989
191073
191167
191259
191359
191460
191553
191655
191774
191865
191945
192058
192152
192261
192348
192451
192544
192650
192739
192848
192949
193043
193152
193252
193336
193437
193537
193619
193727
193828
193936
194031
194120
194216
194320
194416
194511
194612
194715
19489
19499
19509
19519
195210
19537
19548
19559
19568
19574
19584
19595
19605
19614
19626
19636
19645
20123
20153
20166
20176
20183
20193
20213
20243

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Fairy 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
5
Rank in 2024
#15,293
How rare
1 in 324,038 girls
Since 1882
2,392

Fairy was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1905, at 110 per million girls born.

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

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