How Many People Are Named Fey?
An estimated 133 people in the United States have the first name Fey. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Fey peaked in popularity in 1999 with 12 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Fey as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Fey paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
133
About 1 in 2,577,100 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
1999
12 births
Total Registered
135
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Fey
Fey is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 135 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Fey as a female name
Ranked #13,988 in 2024
6 female births in 2024
Peak: 1999 (12 births)
Fey: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Fey span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 56 babies were registered. While Fey is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Fey by Decade
How has Fey tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Fey by State
Fey + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Fey as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Fey
Other first names starting with F with a similar number of bearers.
Fey: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Fey?
We estimate approximately 133 people named Fey are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,577,100 Americans share this first name.
Is Fey a common name?
Fey is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 68.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 135 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Fey most popular?
Fey reached peak popularity in 1999, when 12 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Fey is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Fey a female name?
Fey is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Fey Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Fey Smith, Fey Johnson, Fey Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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