Is Bay a boy or girl name?

Bay is a unisex name. Of the 727 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 71.9% were girls and 28.1% were boys.

Bay

Recorded 1916–2025 · United States

Bay was most popular in 2013, when 81 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,986 that year. In 2025 it ranked #20,040, with 7 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 727 people named Bay.

Bay over time

Births per year. The dot marks Bay’s peak in 2013. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Bay a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Bay is a unisex name — 71.9% of the 727 Americans given it were girls and 28.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 80% girls and 20% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org