Loy
Last seen for girls in 1974 at #8,775 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #9,714
Given to boys 82.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1903 · 20 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,111since 1881
Loy over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,669 | 16 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,471 | 10 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,540 | 16 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,648 | 28 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,916 | 22 |
| 1970 | — | #1,847 | 23 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #1,411 | 29 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #1,510 | 26 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #1,513 | 26 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #1,581 | 25 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #1,255 | 38 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #1,479 | 28 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | #1,322 | 36 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #1,193 | 43 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | #1,247 | 39 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | #1,081 | 50 |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 | #1,267 | 38 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #1,092 | 48 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | #1,313 | 33 |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 | #1,122 | 44 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | #966 | 55 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | #965 | 55 |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 | #1,139 | 40 |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 | #989 | 49 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #885 | 60 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | #852 | 64 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | #968 | 54 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 | #862 | 58 |
| 1945 | #1,699 | 24 | #798 | 60 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | #918 | 48 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 | #751 | 74 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 | #839 | 60 |
| 1941 | #1,538 | 26 | #798 | 62 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 | #810 | 59 |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 | #794 | 59 |
| 1938 | #1,413 | 28 | #667 | 81 |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 | #706 | 72 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #736 | 67 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 | #670 | 79 |
| 1934 | #2,003 | 16 | #657 | 84 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | #642 | 81 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #668 | 83 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 | #673 | 79 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | #672 | 86 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 | #742 | 72 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | #685 | 85 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | #766 | 73 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | #654 | 93 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #739 | 78 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #696 | 88 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #755 | 75 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #666 | 93 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 | #737 | 80 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 | #680 | 88 |
| 1919 | #1,801 | 21 | #682 | 83 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #710 | 79 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | #660 | 82 |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 | #657 | 80 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #616 | 87 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #777 | 46 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #759 | 38 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | #935 | 23 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #558 | 22 | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #634 | 16 |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #786 | 10 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #470 | 20 | |
| 1902 | — | #615 | 13 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #661 | 10 |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #652 | 11 | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | — | #543 | 14 | |
| 1893 | — | #572 | 12 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Loy! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Loy is popular in 1905
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Loy
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 460 spots in 1899 (#1,121 → #661)
- Biggest drop: 469 spots in 1898 (#652 → #1,121)
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1903 at #470 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1909–1950
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,962
- Highest: 1 in 5,962 boys born in 1903 were named Loy (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 249,926 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 20.1% of all boys named Loy (825) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1909
- Mostly girls until 1908, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 38 | #722 (1889) | #830 |
| 1890s | 73 | #543 (1894) | #769 |
| 1900s | 116 | #470 (1903) | #739 |
| 1910s | 543 | #616 (1915) | #764 |
| 1920s | 825 | #654 (1926) | #712 |
| 1930s | 771 | #642 (1933) | #689 |
| 1940s | 599 | #751 (1943) | #848 |
| 1950s | 451 | #965 (1952) | #1,118 |
| 1960s | 285 | #1,193 (1960) | #1,529 |
| 1970s | 178 | #1,648 (1972) | #2,452 |
| 1980s | 88 | #2,779 (1981) | #4,542 |
| 1990s | 65 | #4,872 (1992) | #6,493 |
| 2000s | 51 | #8,143 (2004) | #9,784 |
| 2010s | 21 | #8,767 (2011) | #9,944 |
| 2020s | 7 | #9,714 (2021) | #9,714 |
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.
Loy in 1905
boys
#786
10 births · 1 in 13,231 boys
Top boys' names in 1905
More about 1905
boys
132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 13,231 of them was named Loy, which outranked 44.7% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).