Foy

Girl · recorded 1902–1950

  • 1950last recorded
  • 1912best year

Most popular in 1912.

Last recorded in 1950. Fewer than five girls 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.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1902

0163219021914192619381950

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 41 recorded years as a table
Foy, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190230
190418
190725
190830
190920
191018
191122
191232
191326
191417
191517
19169
191713
191814
191913
192013
192111
192211
192311
192411
19258
192611
192713
19289
19299
193012
193111
19327
19338
19346
19359
193610
19375
19387
19395
19414
19424
19436
19445
19454
19503

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 1950
5
Rank in 1950
#5,301
How rare
1 in 342,610 girls
Since 1902
421

Foy was last recorded in 1950. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1912, at 32 per million girls 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.