Quay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KWAY
- Origin
- Modern
Quay is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Quay come from?
Modern: probably a short form of names beginning Qua-; also the English word quay
Is Quay a girl's or a boy's name?
Quay is a boys' name.
How popular is Quay in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1971, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Quay in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Quay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
Names like Quay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Roy, Oscar, Henry, Coy, Kayden, Conrad, Edgar, Clyde, Ray, Hugh, Finn, Finley
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Quay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/quay, updated 20 October 2026.