Troy
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #11,169 · #532 for boys in 2025, 563 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1968 · 7,976 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 19 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 216,308since 1880
Troy over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #532 | 563 | |
| 2024 | — | #530 | 562 | |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #461 | 665 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #474 | 650 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #417 | 737 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #414 | 718 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #389 | 805 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #363 | 912 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #351 | 951 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #316 | 1,106 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #300 | 1,203 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #276 | 1,327 |
| 2013 | — | #274 | 1,288 | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #259 | 1,393 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #244 | 1,463 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #248 | 1,384 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #238 | 1,488 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #231 | 1,598 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #231 | 1,603 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #229 | 1,583 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #226 | 1,525 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | #227 | 1,502 |
| 2003 | — | #256 | 1,284 | |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #249 | 1,301 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #246 | 1,356 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #224 | 1,514 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | #205 | 1,672 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #184 | 1,821 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #170 | 1,998 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 | #155 | 2,239 |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 | #140 | 2,470 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 | #123 | 2,843 |
| 1993 | #3,585 | 30 | #131 | 2,648 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #146 | 2,288 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | #137 | 2,336 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #128 | 2,505 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #124 | 2,636 |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 | #124 | 2,344 |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 | #122 | 2,295 |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 | #123 | 2,249 |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | #123 | 2,316 |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 | #114 | 2,412 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #113 | 2,406 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | #115 | 2,533 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | #114 | 2,512 |
| 1980 | #2,154 | 47 | #106 | 2,831 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 | #99 | 2,964 |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 | #88 | 3,152 |
| 1977 | #2,666 | 31 | #88 | 3,307 |
| 1976 | #2,255 | 37 | #73 | 3,715 |
| 1975 | #2,136 | 40 | #69 | 3,951 |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 | #63 | 4,563 |
| 1973 | #1,885 | 44 | #59 | 5,064 |
| 1972 | #1,655 | 54 | #49 | 6,348 |
| 1971 | #1,546 | 63 | #46 | 7,340 |
| 1970 | #1,182 | 97 | #41 | 8,448 |
| 1969 | #1,317 | 74 | #42 | 8,098 |
| 1968 | #1,291 | 73 | #40 | 7,976 |
| 1967 | #1,219 | 76 | #40 | 7,933 |
| 1966 | #1,335 | 66 | #48 | 6,905 |
| 1965 | #1,448 | 58 | #53 | 5,856 |
| 1964 | #1,254 | 77 | #57 | 6,308 |
| 1963 | #1,065 | 102 | #66 | 5,971 |
| 1962 | #1,090 | 99 | #67 | 6,048 |
| 1961 | #993 | 119 | #100 | 4,259 |
| 1960 | #1,248 | 77 | #162 | 2,056 |
| 1959 | #1,537 | 50 | #257 | 963 |
| 1958 | #1,657 | 42 | #278 | 765 |
| 1957 | #1,869 | 34 | #269 | 777 |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 | #279 | 705 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 | #275 | 671 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | #266 | 697 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 | #267 | 686 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #265 | 671 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 | #270 | 625 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | #258 | 637 |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 | #262 | 620 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #253 | 653 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #257 | 669 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 | #244 | 636 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 | #220 | 615 |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 | #218 | 630 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #228 | 632 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | #235 | 574 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #226 | 569 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #217 | 577 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 | #209 | 586 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #220 | 546 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | #221 | 541 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #218 | 534 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | #217 | 547 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #222 | 540 |
| 1933 | #1,723 | 20 | #223 | 518 |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 | #223 | 540 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #238 | 485 |
| 1930 | #1,815 | 20 | #237 | 533 |
| 1929 | #1,825 | 20 | #241 | 506 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 | #232 | 562 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #237 | 559 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 | #246 | 522 |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | #249 | 517 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | #243 | 559 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | #247 | 512 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | #251 | 502 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #243 | 532 |
| 1920 | #1,889 | 21 | #242 | 519 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | #236 | 499 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | #248 | 454 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #255 | 394 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #237 | 442 |
| 1915 | #1,738 | 19 | #238 | 415 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #244 | 307 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #256 | 218 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #247 | 202 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #257 | 100 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #254 | 90 |
| 1909 | — | #281 | 64 | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #223 | 87 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | #244 | 72 |
| 1906 | — | #266 | 54 | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #254 | 59 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | #226 | 69 |
| 1903 | — | #273 | 46 | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #238 | 59 |
| 1901 | — | #267 | 41 | |
| 1900 | — | #244 | 69 | |
| 1899 | — | #336 | 28 | |
| 1898 | — | #320 | 36 | |
| 1897 | — | #331 | 31 | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #331 | 32 |
| 1895 | — | #340 | 29 | |
| 1894 | — | #240 | 50 | |
| 1893 | — | #359 | 25 | |
| 1892 | — | #348 | 29 | |
| 1891 | — | #359 | 23 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #464 | 16 | |
| 1888 | — | #416 | 20 | |
| 1887 | — | #516 | 12 | |
| 1886 | — | #403 | 19 | |
| 1885 | — | #422 | 18 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #453 | 16 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Troy was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.
See more about Troy
- 2 spots since 2024 (#530 → #532)
- 118 spots since 2020 (#414 → #532)
- 232 spots since 2015 (#300 → #532)
- Biggest jump: 328 spots in 1882 (#781 → #453)
- Biggest drop: 113 spots in 1887 (#403 → #516)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1968 at #40 (7,976 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 19 yrs · run 1961–1979
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 218 boys born in 1968 were named Troy (0.46%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,034 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 28.4% of all boys named Troy (61,410) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | #403 (1886) | #520 |
| 1890s | 299 | #240 (1894) | #342 |
| 1900s | 620 | #223 (1908) | #252 |
| 1910s | 3,121 | #236 (1919) | #247 |
| 1920s | 5,290 | #232 (1928) | #243 |
| 1930s | 5,370 | #209 (1939) | #223 |
| 1940s | 6,175 | #217 (1940) | #236 |
| 1950s | 7,197 | #257 (1959) | #268 |
| 1960s | 61,410 | #40 (1968) | #68 |
| 1970s | 48,852 | #41 (1970) | #68 |
| 1980s | 24,534 | #106 (1980) | #118 |
| 1990s | 22,820 | #123 (1994) | #152 |
| 2000s | 14,754 | #224 (2000) | #236 |
| 2010s | 11,832 | #244 (2011) | #302 |
| 2020s | 3,895 | #414 (2020) | #471 |
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.
Troy in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
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girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 295,337 of them was named Troy, which outranked 24.1% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,876Zyair7
- #12,876Zyairah7
- #12,876Zyanah7
- #14,331Troy6
- #14,331Aafiya6
- #14,331Aailyah6
- #14,331Aalina6
- #16,215Aadriti5
- #16,215Aafiyah5
- #16,215Aaishah5
Tied with 1,883 names at #14,331; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 1,716 of them was named Troy, which outranked 97.8% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.