Fady — boys' name
247 babies named Fady in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Fady was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Fady in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fady
The Social Security Administration has registered 247 babies named Fady between 1980 and 2023, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fady currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fady performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Fady shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fady in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 247 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Fady at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Fady popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1980
- Peak year (1984)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
247 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 12 births in a single year.
Fady by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 68 births that decade — 28% of Fady's all-time total
Fady decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Fady's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.