Loy

Boy · recorded 1881–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 1903best year

Most popular in 1903.

Last recorded in 2021. 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 Loy.

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

08416818811916195119862021

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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 122 recorded years as a table
Loy, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188150
188444
188654
188759
188866
188972
189149
1893107
1894121
189577
189659
189798
189841
189994
1900100
190147
1902106
1903168
190462
190576
190653
1907109
1909134
191067
191153
191253
191374
191470
1915103
191690
191789
191878
191985
192083
192173
192285
192368
192478
192570
192684
192765
192877
192967
193078
193176
193279
193382
193481
193576
193665
193768
193873
193953
194051
194150
194243
194352
194435
194545
194636
194730
194836
194934
195027
195121
195228
195328
195422
195516
195623
195718
195824
195918
196020
196117
196214
196319
196413
196514
196615
196717
196810
19699
197012
197112
197217
197310
19748
197510
19766
197710
197810
197910
19807
19819
19826
19834
19844
19866
19874
19886
19892
19903
19914
19926
19936
19953
19963
19973
19985
20003
20023
20033
20044
20053
20063
20074
20093
20114
20173
20184
20214

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Loy 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.

More like it

More like Loy

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021
7
Rank in 2021
#9,714
How rare
1 in 249,926 boys
Since 1881
4,111

Loy was last recorded in 2021. 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 1903, at 168 per million boys born.

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

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