Fey — #14149 US girls' name
135 babies named Fey in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 20% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Fey was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Fey in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fey
The Social Security Administration has registered 135 babies named Fey between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fey currently holds the #14149 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fey performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Fey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fey in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fey 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 135 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.
Fey at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Fey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (1999)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #14149 among girls.
135 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 12 births in a single year.
Fey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 56 births that decade — 41% of Fey's all-time total
Fey decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Fey's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Fey by state
Where Fey concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.7% |
5 of 135 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1997–2024 (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.