Is Fairy a boy or girl name?

Fairy is a girl’s name. Of the 2,392 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Fairy

Recorded 1882–2024 · United States

Fairy was most popular in 1917, when 80 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,422 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,392 people named Fairy.

Fairy over time

Births per year. The dot marks Fairy’s peak in 1917. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Fairy a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Fairy is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,392 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Fairy

Where Fairy is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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