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
- 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
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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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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 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Toy is popular in 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Tennessee#435 · 1 in 4,944
- Texas#767 · 1 in 8,722
Best ever in a state: #286 in South Carolina, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #435 | 5 | 1 in 4,944 |
| Texas | #767 | 6 | 1 in 8,722 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Toy
- 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)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1898 at #701 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1894–1896
- 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
- 20.2% of all boys named Toy (233) were born in this decade
- 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 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 112,096 of them was named Toy, which outranked 49.9% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,762Wladyslawa12
- #2,762Yoneko12
- #2,762Zenith12
- #2,941Toy11
- #2,941Abby11
- #2,941Adean11
- #2,941Adelaida11
- #3,164Adalene10
- #3,164Adelfa10
- #3,164Ala10
Tied with 222 names at #2,941; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 31,470 of them was named Toy, which outranked 75.4% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,199Terrell36
- #1,199Vernard36
- #1,199Zigmund36
- #1,226Toy35
- #1,226Algie35
- #1,226Alice35
- #1,226Antoine35
- #1,252Anselmo34
- #1,252Brian34
- #1,252Buddie34
Tied with 25 names at #1,226; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.