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 | — | — | ||
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| 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 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 111,656 of them was named Foy, which outranked 44.6% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,737Yukiko11
- #2,737Zell11
- #2,737Zenaida11
- #2,921Foy10
- #2,921Adelfa10
- #2,921Agapita10
- #2,921Akiko10
- #3,137Adel9
- #3,137Adelyn9
- #3,137Agusta9
Tied with 215 names at #2,921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 26,890 of them was named Foy, which outranked 75.9% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,078Terrell41
- #1,078Wayland41
- #1,078Weston41
- #1,094Foy40
- #1,094Burley40
- #1,094Colin40
- #1,094Cornell40
- #1,111Ashley39
- #1,111Chesley39
- #1,111Delmas39
Tied with 16 names at #1,094; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.