Troy
Where Troy comes from
From Latin Troia, from Ancient Greek Τροία (Troía).
- 1 syllable
- Vowel-ended
Along the way
- 1880First SSA yearAlready #682 among boys — 8 babies in the first year on record.
- 1968Troy Kotsur bornAmerican actor
- 1968Peak, #407,976 babies named Troy — more than any year before or since.
- 1975The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births — down to #69.
- 1976Troy Baker bornAmerican voice actor
In the dictionary
- A male given name.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, but today associated with the classical city.
Namesakes
- Troy Kotsur · American actor, born 1968
- Troy Baker · American voice actor, born 1976
- Troy Deeney · English association football player, born 1988
- Troy Donahue · American actor, 1936–2001
- Troy Parrott · Irish association football player, born 2002
Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.