Fey
Girl · FAY · English
Fey is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “fairylike, otherworldly”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Fey mean?
English: variant of Fay; also the English word fey
“fairylike, otherworldly”
- Say it
- FAY
Is Fey a girl's or a boy's name?
Fey is a girls' name.
How popular is Fey in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Fey in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
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