Loyal
#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · #980 for boys in 2025, 233 births
Given to boys 92.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,939since 1882
Loyal 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 | #5,722 | 21 | #980 | 233 |
| 2024 | #4,114 | 35 | #877 | 275 |
| 2023 | #3,763 | 40 | #738 | 356 |
| 2022 | #3,827 | 39 | #700 | 377 |
| 2021 | #2,892 | 58 | #754 | 336 |
| 2020 | #3,607 | 41 | #1,053 | 190 |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 | #1,574 | 106 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | #2,029 | 71 |
| 2017 | #4,147 | 35 | #1,977 | 72 |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | #2,305 | 57 |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 | #2,019 | 71 |
| 2014 | #4,768 | 29 | #2,175 | 62 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 | #2,668 | 44 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #2,772 | 43 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #3,046 | 37 |
| 2010 | — | #4,517 | 21 | |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #3,721 | 28 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | — | #4,375 | 22 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,865 | 18 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,902 | 13 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,621 | 13 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,217 | 15 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,573 | 24 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,814 | 18 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,793 | 20 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,426 | 30 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,546 | 26 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,876 | 19 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,486 | 29 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,439 | 30 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,583 | 25 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,676 | 22 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,538 | 25 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,525 | 25 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,038 | 15 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,430 | 28 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,553 | 23 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,105 | 41 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,462 | 25 | |
| 1948 | — | #989 | 50 | |
| 1947 | — | #984 | 52 | |
| 1946 | — | #980 | 47 | |
| 1945 | — | #830 | 57 | |
| 1944 | — | #898 | 50 | |
| 1943 | — | #803 | 67 | |
| 1942 | — | #888 | 55 | |
| 1941 | — | #858 | 54 | |
| 1940 | — | #952 | 45 | |
| 1939 | — | #867 | 50 | |
| 1938 | — | #860 | 52 | |
| 1937 | — | #896 | 48 | |
| 1936 | — | #756 | 64 | |
| 1935 | — | #940 | 45 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #881 | 51 |
| 1933 | — | #788 | 60 | |
| 1932 | — | #703 | 77 | |
| 1931 | — | #643 | 85 | |
| 1930 | — | #824 | 62 | |
| 1929 | — | #781 | 68 | |
| 1928 | — | #722 | 78 | |
| 1927 | — | #754 | 75 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #745 | 74 |
| 1925 | — | #641 | 98 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #691 | 89 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #620 | 105 |
| 1922 | — | #709 | 85 | |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #707 | 85 |
| 1920 | — | #653 | 94 | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #619 | 95 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #592 | 106 |
| 1917 | — | #706 | 74 | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #677 | 77 |
| 1915 | — | #715 | 68 | |
| 1914 | — | #599 | 71 | |
| 1913 | — | #667 | 45 | |
| 1912 | — | #622 | 44 | |
| 1911 | — | #925 | 13 | |
| 1910 | — | #634 | 21 | |
| 1909 | — | #653 | 17 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #568 | 17 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #595 | 14 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #683 | 10 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Loyal! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Loyal
- 103 spots since 2024 (#877 → #980)
- 73 spots since 2020 (#1,053 → #980)
- 1,039 spots since 2015 (#2,019 → #980)
- Biggest jump: 404 spots in 1894 (#1,035 → #631)
- Biggest drop: 473 spots in 1949 (#989 → #1,462)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1890 at #533 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1909–1948
- Highest: 1 in 4,631 boys born in 2022 were named Loyal (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,331 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #533 in 1890, was only 1 in 8,540 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.8% of all boys named Loyal (1,767) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #943 (1882) | #943 |
| 1890s | 77 | #533 (1890) | #794 |
| 1900s | 114 | #568 (1906) | #767 |
| 1910s | 614 | #592 (1918) | #676 |
| 1920s | 851 | #620 (1923) | #702 |
| 1930s | 594 | #643 (1931) | #816 |
| 1940s | 502 | #803 (1943) | #964 |
| 1950s | 254 | #1,105 (1950) | #1,565 |
| 1960s | 206 | #1,426 (1963) | #1,855 |
| 1970s | 97 | #2,621 (1970) | #3,508 |
| 1980s | 76 | #3,692 (1982) | #5,150 |
| 1990s | 43 | #5,823 (1990) | #7,916 |
| 2000s | 155 | #3,721 (2009) | #5,779 |
| 2010s | 584 | #1,574 (2019) | #2,508 |
| 2020s | 1,767 | #700 (2022) | #850 |
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.
Loyal in 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 40,115 of them was named Loyal, which outranked 78.6% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,709Wynona41
- #3,709Zaveah41
- #3,709Zenobia41
- #3,763Loyal40
- #3,763Aaria40
- #3,763Ajla40
- #3,763Aletheia40
- #3,833Aayra39
- #3,833Abigaelle39
- #3,833Ahlam39
Tied with 69 names at #3,763; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 4,805 of them was named Loyal, which outranked 94.8% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).