Gay
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Below 5 births
About Gay
The meaning of this word flipped from "cheerful" to "homosexual" during the twentieth century, and it's now almost certainly too loaded to sit comfortably as a baby name. Which is a shame as sound-wise it's very appealing, just a short step away from Faye, May, and Rae.
Gay for boys
Which is a shame as sound-wise it's very appealing, just a short step away from Gray, Gale and Guy.
Pronounced GAY.
As of October 2026, Gay ranked #9597 in US births in 1982 SSA, peaked at #315 in 1943.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
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Gay on lists
Famous Gays
- Gay HamiltonGirl
Scottish actress
- Gay KaylerGirl
Australian country music singer
- Gay Seabrook (born Gladys Johnson)Girl
American actress
- Gabriel "Gay" WoodsGirl
Irish singer of band Steeleye Span
- Gay Kristine Jacobsen D'AsaroGirl
American fencer
- Gay SearchGirl
English TV presenter
- Gay McDougallGirl
American human rights activist
- Mary Gabrielle "Gay" ThompsonGirl
Australian politician
- Gay VernonGirl
American radio personality in Boston
- Marcia Gay HardenGirl
American actress
- Imogen Gay PootsGirl
English actress
- Gay TaleseBoy
American journalist
- Gay HendricksBoy
American self,help author
- Gay Robert BrewerBoy
Jr., American golfer
- Gaylord Damian "Gay" BryanBoy
American track athlete
- Gabriel Mary "Gay" ByrneBoy
Irish TV presenter
- Gabriel Alexander "Gay" MitchellBoy
Irish MEP
- Gay KindersleyBoy
British jockey and trainer
Gay in pop culture
- "Gay" Van BurenGirl
nickname for character Shay Van Buren of YouTube show "The Most Popular Girls in School"
- GayGirl
the main character in Zelda Fitzgerald's short story "The original follies girl"
- Gay LanglandBoy
Clark Gable's character in The Misfits (1961)
- Gaylord "Gay" FockerBoy
character in Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers (commonly referred to as "Greg")