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.
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 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 122,361 of them was named Toy, which outranked 54.5% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,652Willena15
- #2,652Willodean15
- #2,652Windy15
- #2,781Toy14
- #2,781Albertine14
- #2,781Aquilla14
- #2,781Arliss14
- #2,909Adah13
- #2,909Aggie13
- #2,909Ailene13
Tied with 127 names at #2,781; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 111,891 of them was named Toy, which outranked 55.2% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,815Verle17
- #1,815Wanda17
- #1,815Wright17
- #1,879Toy16
- #1,879Alferd16
- #1,879Alfonse16
- #1,879Andrea16
- #1,941Archer15
- #1,941Arlington15
- #1,941Basilio15
Tied with 61 names at #1,879; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.