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

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Peak · boys
1903 · 20 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,111
since 1881

Loy over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #1,404, 1940peak #470, 1903girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021#9,7147
2020
2019
2018#8,8198
2017#12,2465
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011#8,7678
2010
2009#10,9946
2008
2007#8,9158
2006#10,6626
2005#11,4725
2004#8,1438
2003#9,5816
2002#9,3926
2001
2000#9,1126
1999
1998#5,84010
1997#8,1106
1996#7,9716
1995#7,7926
1994
1993#5,00211
1992#4,87211
1991#5,9428
1990#6,4157
1989#7,9055
1988#4,16211
1987#5,4597
1986#3,88211
1985
1984#4,9737
1983#4,4998
1982#3,96610
1981#2,77916
1980#3,25613
1979#2,66917
1978#2,66916
1977#2,55617
1976#3,47110
1975#2,54016
1974#8,7755#2,79913
1973#7,4356#2,40516
1972#8,2925#1,64828
1971#8,3245#1,91622
1970#1,84723
1969#2,13016
1968#6,2466#1,89418
1967#6,0426#1,41129
1966#4,8668#1,51026
1965#4,8318#1,51326
1964#5,4747#1,58125
1963#6,5925#1,25538
1962#3,78212#1,47928
1961#3,60813#1,32236
1960#4,4379#1,19343
1959#3,43613#1,24739
1958#3,08515#1,08150
1957#2,72718#1,26738
1956#5,3256#1,09248
1955#2,83916#1,31333
1954#2,24023#1,12244
1953#2,81215#96655
1952#2,92114#96555
1951#2,11622#1,13940
1950#2,25319#98949
1949#3,17611#88560
1948#3,35010#85264
1947#2,76914#96854
1946#2,02421#86258
1945#1,69924#79860
1944#2,40114#91848
1943#2,35215#75174
1942#2,31115#83960
1941#1,53826#79862
1940#1,40429#81059
1939#1,47426#79459
1938#1,41328#66781
1937#1,58023#70672
1936#2,52111#73667
1935#1,66321#67079
1934#2,00316#65784
1933#2,40412#64281
1932#2,49012#66883
1931#2,30713#67379
1930#1,93418#67286
1929#2,09816#74272
1928#2,95410#68585
1927#2,55213#76673
1926#2,70812#65493
1925#3,6648#73978
1924#4,4346#69688
1923#3,6418#75575
1922#3,3799#66693
1921#2,50914#73780
1920#2,17217#68088
1919#1,80121#68283
1918#2,51913#71079
1917#2,10016#66082
1916#1,73920#65780
1915#3,1348#61687
1914#1,89613#77746
1913#3,1875#75938
1912#1,62012#93523
1911#1,54510#98212
1910#85913
1909#55822
1908#1,8626
1907#2,0615#63416
1906#1,0047
1905#78610
1904#8748
1903#47020
1902#61513
1901#1,0585
1900#64915
1899#1,5965#66110
1898#1,1215
1897#65211
1896#1,5835#9007
1895#1,5925#7389
1894#54314
1893#57212
1892
1891#9635
1890
1889#7228
1888#7558
1887#8196
1886#8456
1885
1884#9715
1883
1882
1881#8665
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.

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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s38#722 (1889)#830
1890s73#543 (1894)#769
1900s116#470 (1903)#739
1910s543#616 (1915)#764
1920s825#654 (1926)#712
1930s771#642 (1933)#689
1940s599#751 (1943)#848
1950s451#965 (1952)#1,118
1960s285#1,193 (1960)#1,529
1970s178#1,648 (1972)#2,452
1980s88#2,779 (1981)#4,542
1990s65#4,872 (1992)#6,493
2000s51#8,143 (2004)#9,784
2010s21#8,767 (2011)#9,944
2020s7#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 1925

girls
#3,664
8 births · 1 in 152,173 girls
boys
#739
78 births · 1 in 14,307 boys

Top girls' names in 1925

  1. #1Mary70,586
  2. #2Dorothy38,570
  3. #3Betty32,812
  4. #4Helen29,173
  5. #5Margaret24,463
  6. #6Ruth22,247
  7. #7Virginia17,490
  8. #8Doris16,075
  9. #9Mildred14,453
  10. #10Elizabeth13,936
  11. #3,664Loy8

Top boys' names in 1925

  1. #1Robert60,895
  2. #2John57,195
  3. #3William53,310
  4. #4James52,680
  5. #5Charles29,580
  6. #6George26,560
  7. #7Joseph24,613
  8. #8Richard23,269
  9. #9Edward20,090
  10. #10Donald19,193
  11. #739Loy78
More about 1925

girls

1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 152,173 of them was named Loy, which outranked 36.5% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Loy
  1. #3,362Wylene9
  2. #3,362Zeda9
  3. #3,362Zelta9
  4. #3,664Loy8
  5. #3,664Adalyn8
  6. #3,664Adrianne8
  7. #3,664Agusta8
  8. #4,028Adalene7
  9. #4,028Adamae7
  10. #4,028Ader7

Tied with 363 names at #3,664; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. 605Nanette#1,475#870
  2. 417Paulina#1,258#841
  3. 353Estela#1,258#905
  4. 323Delois#1,123#800
  5. 313Veola#1,301#988
Fallers
  1. 610Kathlyn#999#1,609
  2. 396Izetta#951#1,347
  3. 355Loma#941#1,296
  4. 345Phylis#880#1,225
  5. 309Eris#728#1,037

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 14,307 of them was named Loy, which outranked 84.8% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Loy
  1. #730Milan79
  2. #730Myles79
  3. #730Orin79
  4. #739Loy78
  5. #739Burt78
  6. #739Gayle78
  7. #739Giles78
  8. #746Coolidge77
  9. #746Dwain77
  10. #746Early77

Tied with 6 names at #739; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. 548Okey#1,532#984
  2. 494Eddy#1,492#998
  3. 422Terrence#1,223#801
  4. 371Hughie#1,355#984
  5. 363Rexford#1,287#924
Fallers
  1. 444Baxter#916#1,360
  2. 429Adelbert#817#1,246
  3. 407Jonnie#925#1,332
  4. 406Faustino#984#1,390
  5. 387Deward#859#1,246

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1925