Toy
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509 · Last seen for boys in 2001 at #10,556
Given to boys 54.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,152since 1883
Toy 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
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| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | — | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #2,665 | 27 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | #1,958 | 16 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | — | #1,926 | 13 | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | #1,548 | 21 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | #1,731 | 19 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | #1,516 | 25 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #1,605 | 22 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #1,745 | 20 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #1,226 | 35 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | #1,139 | 37 |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 | #1,446 | 25 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #1,396 | 25 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #1,646 | 19 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 | #1,181 | 30 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | #1,300 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | #1,095 | 18 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five boys were named Toy! It came in at #799, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Biggest jump: 435 spots in 1901 (#1,162 → #727)
- Biggest drop: 493 spots in 1907 (#852 → #1,345)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1898 at #701 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1894–1896
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,830
- Highest: 1 in 11,830 boys born in 1901 were named Toy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 388,576 boys born in 2001 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #701 in 1898, was only 1 in 12,269 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 20.2% of all boys named Toy (233) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1994
- Mostly girls until 1993, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #799 (1883) | #915 |
| 1890s | 41 | #701 (1898) | #896 |
| 1900s | 65 | #727 (1901) | #1,018 |
| 1910s | 206 | #1,095 (1912) | #1,305 |
| 1920s | 233 | #1,226 (1921) | #1,611 |
| 1930s | 149 | #1,498 (1934) | #1,939 |
| 1940s | 136 | #1,532 (1941) | #2,103 |
| 1950s | 97 | #1,879 (1950) | #2,592 |
| 1960s | 68 | #2,535 (1960) | #3,280 |
| 1970s | 67 | #3,146 (1971) | #3,851 |
| 1980s | 43 | #3,692 (1982) | #5,378 |
| 1990s | 26 | #6,415 (1990) | #7,184 |
| 2000s | 5 | #10,556 (2001) | #10,556 |
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.
Toy in 1896
boys
#900
7 births · 1 in 17,081 boys
Top boys' names in 1896
More about 1896
boys
119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 17,081 of them was named Toy, which outranked 28.9% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).