Over the past 110 years, 70 boys and 14 767 girls have been named Gay. The name Gay ranks 6431th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Gay in 1915. The peak of popularity of the name Gay came in the 1920s and 1930s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.