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
- 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
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 | — | #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 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Loy
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1903 at #470 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1909–1950
- 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%)
- 20.1% of all boys named Loy (825) were born in this decade
- 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 1913
Top girls' names in 1913
Top boys' names in 1913
More about 1913
girls
624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 124,909 of them was named Loy, which outranked 14.0% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 520 names at #3,187; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 13,489 of them was named Loy, which outranked 76.7% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).