Floy

Last seen for girls in 1971 at #6,619 · Last seen for boys in 1952 at #3,734
Given to girls 95.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1889 · 74 births
Debut · girls
23 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,612
since 1880

Floy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Floy has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #277, 1889girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1950#1,87126#2,7708
1949#1,66632#2,6069
1948#1,57635—
1947#1,43842—
1946#1,22050—
1945#1,18744#2,7437
1944#1,02958#3,1096
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1942#1,10151#3,5605
1941#1,06547#2,6568
1940#93559#3,1306
1939#81172#3,4805
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1937#78776#1,99213
1936#79572#3,5495
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1932#75480#3,3616
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1928#538167#2,04815
1927#571156#1,95917
1926#631129#2,30213
1925#577155#3,7416
1924#583159#2,47312
1923#620141#2,44612
1922#530177#3,2528
1921#541172#3,2148
1920#534176#2,9679
1919#476196#1,88217
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1914#448150#2,6517
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First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Floy was already there! It came in at #333, and was given to 23 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1967–1970, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Floy is popular in 1922

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedNEMissouri: #353 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,398 girlsMOKentucky: #463 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,007 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedNMKansas: #298 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,331 girlsKSArkansas: #164 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 739 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #386 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,292 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #252 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,473 girlsOKLouisiana: #381 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,960 girlsLAMississippi: #467 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,518 girlsMSAlabama: #375 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,483 girlsALGeorgia: #425 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,671 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedHITexas: #460 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,103 girlsTXFlorida: #265 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,664 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#164 · 1 in 739
  2. Oklahoma#252 · 1 in 1,473
  3. Florida#265 · 1 in 1,664
  4. Kansas#298 · 1 in 2,331
  5. Missouri#353 · 1 in 3,398

Best ever in a state: #115 in Arkansas, 1917.

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Arkansas#164281 in 739
Oklahoma#252171 in 1,473
Florida#26571 in 1,664
Kansas#29871 in 2,331
Missouri#35391 in 3,398
Alabama#37591 in 3,483
Louisiana#38181 in 2,960
North Carolina#38691 in 4,292
Georgia#42581 in 4,671
Texas#460191 in 3,103
Kentucky#46361 in 5,007
Mississippi#46751 in 4,518
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Floy
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1971
  • Biggest jump: 82 spots in 1933 (#754 → #672)
  • Biggest drop: 170 spots in 1932 (#584 → #754)
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1889 at #277 (74 births)
  • Births halved by 1948, 59 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1880–1940
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,410
  • Highest: 1 in 2,410 girls born in 1889 were named Floy (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 237,689 girls born in 1971 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.6% of all girls named Floy (1,560) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s395#277 (1889)#330
1890s699#301 (1890)#335
1900s774#356 (1901)#383
1910s1,557#387 (1910)#448
1920s1,560#530 (1922)#573
1930s925#584 (1931)#711
1940s459#935 (1940)#1,249
1950s186#1,871 (1950)#2,667
1960s50#4,539 (1963)#5,849
1970s7#6,619 (1971)#6,619

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Floy in 1922

girls
#530
177 births · 1 in 6,785 girls
boys
#3,252
8 births · 1 in 136,019 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #530Floy177

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #3,252Floy8
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 6,785 of them was named Floy, which outranked 90.8% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floy
  1. #527Adell178
  2. #527Bella178
  3. #527Gertie178
  4. #530Floy177
  5. #530Rae177
  6. #530Rhea177
  7. #533Lavonne176
  8. #534Alva174
  9. #534Cecil174

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 626Lilia#1,543 → #917
  2. ↑ 573Leatrice#1,258 → #685
  3. ↑ 412Phylis#1,409 → #997
  4. ↑ 352Darleen#1,258 → #906
  5. ↑ 295Madlyn#1,136 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 518Erlene#946 → #1,464
  2. ↓ 390Exie#879 → #1,269
  3. ↓ 327Arlyne#905 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 288Toby#964 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 265Rochelle#987 → #1,252

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 136,019 of them was named Floy, which outranked 34.5% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floy
  1. #3,014Ysabel9
  2. #3,014Zelma9
  3. #3,014Zoltan9
  4. #3,252Floy8
  5. #3,252Abran8
  6. #3,252Abron8
  7. #3,252Adams8
  8. #3,532Adalbert7
  9. #3,532Adelino7
  10. #3,532Adna7

Tied with 279 names at #3,252; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 520Desmond#1,360 → #840
  2. ↑ 504Gorden#1,226 → #722
  3. ↑ 418Jackie#1,140 → #722
  4. ↑ 417Daryl#843 → #426
  5. ↑ 361Brown#1,360 → #999
Fallers
  1. ↓ 600Adolf#991 → #1,591
  2. ↓ 508Nello#962 → #1,470
  3. ↓ 439Newman#843 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 394Marcos#939 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 343Porfirio#939 → #1,282

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1922 →