Foy

Boy · recorded 1889–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1905best year

Most popular in 1905.

Last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Foy.

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Its story

Popularity since 1889

05310618891918194719762005

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 85 recorded years as a table
Foy, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188954
189443
189667
189753
190066
190185
1905106
190638
190858
190937
191051
191144
191258
191374
191463
191568
191652
191752
191852
191947
192042
192162
192257
192347
192455
192539
192646
192743
192845
192937
193034
193146
193241
193331
193429
193534
193642
193727
193829
193942
194029
194130
194225
194328
194425
194519
194625
194715
194817
194912
195013
195112
195211
195313
195414
19558
19568
195710
19587
19599
19608
19616
19627
19637
19643
19657
19666
19676
19686
19699
19706
19713
19723
19745
19758
19764
19773
19786
19803
19823
19833
19844
19863
19933
20053

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Foy isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005
6
Rank in 2005
#10,151
How rare
1 in 332,884 boys
Since 1889
2,112

Foy was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1905, at 106 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Foy doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.