Bay
5
Babies in 2024
-71%
10-year change
2013
Peak · 19
—
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Bay
Bay has been falling out of fashion as a UK girl's name. In 2024, 5 girls were registered with the name in England & Wales — down 71% on a decade earlier.
Bay reached its peak in 2013, when 19 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,587 for UK girls that year. That's roughly 26% of the peak — registrations have thinned out since.
Across 20 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 197 girls have been officially registered with the name Bay in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 105 girls were registered with the name, starting from 17 in 2014 and ending at 5 in 2024.