MallowbyNames

Lay

A name first recorded in U.S. data in 1918. Meaning & origin entry coming soon.

Peak popularity
1918
Usually for
Girls & boys
Trend
Holding steady

Holding steady.

Popularity of Lay since 1918

Babies named Lay per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 2016, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Lay's real moment was 1918.

257192019602000Most births 2016GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys
Data table (by decade)
DecadeGirlsBoys
1910s06
1920s010
1930s00
1940s00
1950s00
1960s00
1970s00
1980s00
1990s00
2000s00
2010s1212
2020s00
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