boy's name

Foday

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 121

Foday is a boy's name. In 2024 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2006, when 11 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1990.

Foday over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

43
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Foday by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 10
2000s 43
2010s 26
2020s (to 2024) 18

How popular is Foday?

In 2024, Foday was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Foday is used

France #5,693 5 in 2025
England & Wales #5,717 3 in 2023
United States #12,935 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Foday

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Foday also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Foday over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Foday

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Foday — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Foday

How popular is the name Foday?

In 2024, Foday was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Foday a girl's or a boy's name?

Foday is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Foday most popular?

Foday peaked in 2006, when 11 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Foday a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Foday currently ranks #5,693 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.