Foy
Last seen for girls in 1950 at #5,301 · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #10,151
Given to boys 83.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1905 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,112since 1889
Foy over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,902 | 13 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,973 | 17 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,865 | 19 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,715 | 22 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,945 | 17 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,979 | 16 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,435 | 28 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,480 | 26 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,615 | 22 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,598 | 22 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #1,538 | 23 |
| 1949 | — | #1,583 | 22 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,346 | 29 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,394 | 28 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,094 | 40 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #1,074 | 40 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #1,167 | 35 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #1,066 | 37 |
| 1940 | — | #1,135 | 34 | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #904 | 47 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #1,149 | 32 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #1,233 | 29 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #924 | 44 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #1,098 | 35 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #1,213 | 30 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #1,181 | 31 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #1,004 | 43 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #939 | 48 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | #1,151 | 37 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #1,094 | 40 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | #963 | 50 |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 | #1,001 | 49 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | #955 | 51 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #1,053 | 43 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | #872 | 62 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | #954 | 52 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #871 | 62 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 | #834 | 68 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | #1,035 | 45 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | #999 | 46 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 | #909 | 53 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | #919 | 48 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #939 | 46 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 | #791 | 58 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #836 | 41 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 | #759 | 38 |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 | #892 | 25 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #636 | 14 | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Foy! It came in at #878, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Foy
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Biggest jump: 245 spots in 1939 (#1,149 → #904)
- Biggest drop: 617 spots in 1906 (#636 → #1,253)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1905 at #636 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1912–1919
- Highest: 1 in 9,450 boys born in 1905 were named Foy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 332,884 boys born in 2005 (0.00%)
- 24.7% of all boys named Foy (522) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1909, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #878 (1889) | #878 |
| 1890s | 19 | #826 (1896) | #947 |
| 1900s | 53 | #636 (1905) | #946 |
| 1910s | 375 | #759 (1913) | #921 |
| 1920s | 522 | #834 (1921) | #963 |
| 1930s | 376 | #904 (1939) | #1,080 |
| 1940s | 325 | #1,066 (1941) | #1,229 |
| 1950s | 210 | #1,435 (1954) | #1,726 |
| 1960s | 123 | #1,973 (1960) | #2,488 |
| 1970s | 64 | #2,891 (1970) | #4,173 |
| 1980s | 28 | #4,973 (1984) | #5,968 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,700 (1993) | #8,700 |
| 2000s | 6 | #10,151 (2005) | #10,151 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Foy in 1897
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
boys
112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 18,793 of them was named Foy, which outranked 23.4% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).