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

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Peak · boys
1898 · 10 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,152
since 1883

Toy over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #1,321, 1906peak #701, 1898girlsboys
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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
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2002
2001#10,5565
2000
1999
1998
1997#7,2817
1996
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1994#7,7706
1993
1992
1991#11,5096#7,2716
1990#11,4096#6,4157
1989#6,2297
1988#6,66611
1987#9,8256#6,0896
1986#8,5237
1985#10,6775
1984#6,8109#4,5528
1983#8,0477#6,2385
1982#10,5175#3,69211
1981#6,8049#5,4686
1980#6,7899
1979#6,18910#4,4038
1978#5,95810#4,1578
1977#5,21312#3,8369
1976#4,36314
1975#2,56530#3,24611
1974#3,42619
1973#3,34219#4,0547
1972#5,10910#4,4416
1971#2,66527#3,14610
1970#3,87215#3,5218
1969#3,46116#3,5957
1968#3,05718#4,1365
1967#3,08517#2,7609
1966#2,83919
1965#4,20210#3,2447
1964#3,87912#3,2827
1963#3,45814#3,6466
1962#2,53923#2,67310
1961#3,46014#3,6526
1960#3,21215#2,53511
1959#2,76018#3,6196
1958#2,97216#3,0338
1957#3,48912#2,8229
1956#4,8377
1955#2,97115#2,7649
1954#3,32512#2,7439
1953#3,26912#1,95816
1952#3,20112#2,37611
1951#2,93713#2,13513
1950#2,78114#1,87916
1949#5,2445#2,12313
1948#3,8838#2,6089
1947#3,24011#2,49810
1946#3,6658#1,69218
1945#1,92613
1944#3,3788#1,68317
1943#3,4938#1,57720
1942#3,1949#2,5239
1941#3,5597#1,53220
1940#2,42412#2,8717
1939#4,2505#2,05012
1938#2,18511
1937#2,73510#1,68817
1936#2,68910#2,30110
1935#4,2045#2,39610
1934#3,1598#1,49821
1933#2,05215#1,64418
1932#2,03716#1,54821
1931#2,9729#2,32811
1930#3,6587#1,75318
1929#2,43713#1,73119
1928#2,62312#2,04815
1927#2,43314#1,51625
1926#3,2699#1,60522
1925#3,6648#1,74520
1924#3,3939#1,57724
1923#4,9675#1,55124
1922#2,47914#1,76520
1921#2,94111#1,22635
1920#2,17217#1,34829
1919#2,38414#1,13937
1918#2,28915#1,44625
1917#4,0836#1,39625
1916#2,36813#1,64619
1915#1,96416#1,18130
1914#2,4349#1,30021
1913#1,88311#1,36515
1912#1,71911#1,09518
1911#1,9567#1,2908
1910#1,1938
1909#1,1557
1908#1,6767#1,1137
1907#2,0615#1,3455
1906#1,3219#8529
1905#1,5387
1904#1,3648#1,0646
1903#1,5926#73410
1902#1,7935#1,0136
1901#7279
1900#1,1626
1899#1,5965#1,0515
1898#70110
1897
1896#9007
1895#1,5925#8727
1894#8577
1893
1892
1891
1890#9945
1889#9745
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884#9715
1883#7996
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.

See more about Toy
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s16#799 (1883)#915
1890s41#701 (1898)#896
1900s65#727 (1901)#1,018
1910s206#1,095 (1912)#1,305
1920s233#1,226 (1921)#1,611
1930s149#1,498 (1934)#1,939
1940s136#1,532 (1941)#2,103
1950s97#1,879 (1950)#2,592
1960s68#2,535 (1960)#3,280
1970s67#3,146 (1971)#3,851
1980s43#3,692 (1982)#5,378
1990s26#6,415 (1990)#7,184
2000s5#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 1975

girls
#2,565
30 births · 1 in 48,595 girls
boys
#3,246
11 births · 1 in 141,942 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #2,565Toy30

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #3,246Toy11
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 48,595 of them was named Toy, which outranked 75.8% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Toy
  1. #2,516Treena31
  2. #2,516Vannessa31
  3. #2,516Yasmine31
  4. #2,565Toy30
  5. #2,565Adriene30
  6. #2,565Alyse30
  7. #2,565Antonietta30
  8. #2,612Alexander29
  9. #2,612Ananda29
  10. #2,612Anastacia29

Tied with 46 names at #2,565; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 1,732Pepper#2,683#951
  2. 1,666Mandie#2,396#730
  3. 1,140Tiana#1,772#632
  4. 779Lacy#1,486#707
  5. 719Lacey#1,284#565
Fallers
  1. 447Nia#672#1,119
  2. 429Alethea#716#1,145
  3. 404Cicely#608#1,012
  4. 307Elaina#994#1,301
  5. 303Cristin#938#1,241

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

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 141,942 of them was named Toy, which outranked 48.8% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Toy
  1. #3,078Yul12
  2. #3,078Zak12
  3. #3,078Zeb12
  4. #3,246Toy11
  5. #3,246Adarryl11
  6. #3,246Adelbert11
  7. #3,246Adin11
  8. #3,428Addam10
  9. #3,428Adem10
  10. #3,428Aj10

Tied with 181 names at #3,246; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 722Benjiman#1,692#970
  2. 702Marques#1,520#818
  3. 645Glendon#1,409#764
  4. 502Benji#1,124#622
  5. 471Regan#1,409#938
Fallers
  1. 905Toma#882#1,787
  2. 830Vashon#923#1,753
  3. 352Bruno#993#1,345
  4. 327Hollis#953#1,280
  5. 303Domenico#977#1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1975