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
- Peak · girls
- 1889 · 74 births
- Debut · girls
- 23 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,612since 1880
Floy over time
Rank among girls' names. Floy has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #1,885 | 27 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,871 | 26 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #1,576 | 35 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,438 | 42 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,220 | 50 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,187 | 44 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #1,029 | 58 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #1,275 | 41 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,101 | 51 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #1,065 | 47 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #935 | 59 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #811 | 72 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #756 | 84 | — | |
| 1937 | #787 | 76 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #795 | 72 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #646 | 102 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #677 | 97 | — | |
| 1933 | #672 | 94 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #754 | 80 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #584 | 128 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #631 | 120 | — | |
| 1929 | #606 | 128 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #538 | 167 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #571 | 156 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #631 | 129 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #577 | 155 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #583 | 159 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #620 | 141 | #2,446 | 12 |
| 1922 | #530 | 177 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #541 | 172 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #534 | 176 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #476 | 196 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #441 | 225 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #447 | 207 | — | |
| 1916 | #491 | 171 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #454 | 184 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #448 | 150 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #472 | 113 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #431 | 118 | — | |
| 1911 | #430 | 89 | — | |
| 1910 | #387 | 104 | — | |
| 1909 | #418 | 77 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #391 | 85 | — | |
| 1907 | #358 | 98 | — | |
| 1906 | #383 | 80 | — | |
| 1905 | #391 | 74 | — | |
| 1904 | #361 | 82 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #396 | 64 | — | |
| 1902 | #412 | 56 | — | |
| 1901 | #356 | 73 | — | |
| 1900 | #365 | 85 | — | |
| 1899 | #330 | 82 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #346 | 80 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #386 | 56 | — | |
| 1896 | #347 | 70 | — | |
| 1895 | #327 | 76 | — | |
| 1894 | #343 | 65 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | #313 | 74 | — | |
| 1892 | #314 | 72 | — | |
| 1891 | #338 | 56 | — | |
| 1890 | #301 | 68 | — | |
| 1889 | #277 | 74 | — | |
| 1888 | #331 | 53 | — | |
| 1887 | #290 | 54 | — | |
| 1886 | #332 | 41 | — | |
| 1885 | #306 | 43 | — | |
| 1884 | #320 | 38 | — | |
| 1883 | #354 | 26 | — | |
| 1882 | #348 | 26 | — | |
| 1881 | #405 | 17 | — | |
| 1880 | #333 | 23 | — | |
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 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#287 · 1 in 2,144
- Arkansas#295 · 1 in 1,825
- Oklahoma#343 · 1 in 2,534
- Louisiana#386 · 1 in 3,061
- Texas#389 · 1 in 2,513
Best ever in a state: #115 in Arkansas, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Tennessee | #287 | 12 | 1 in 2,144 |
| Arkansas | #295 | 10 | 1 in 1,825 |
| Oklahoma | #343 | 9 | 1 in 2,534 |
| Louisiana | #386 | 7 | 1 in 3,061 |
| Texas | #389 | 24 | 1 in 2,513 |
| Alabama | #395 | 8 | 1 in 3,753 |
| North Carolina | #396 | 8 | 1 in 4,485 |
| Georgia | #436 | 6 | 1 in 5,008 |
| Mississippi | #452 | 5 | 1 in 4,297 |
| Illinois | #619 | 5 | 1 in 11,412 |
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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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1971
- Biggest jump: 82 spots in 1933 (#754 → #672)
- Biggest drop: 170 spots in 1932 (#584 → #754)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1889 at #277 (74 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 59 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1880–1940
- 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%)
- 23.6% of all girls named Floy (1,560) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 395 | #277 (1889) | #330 |
| 1890s | 699 | #301 (1890) | #335 |
| 1900s | 774 | #356 (1901) | #383 |
| 1910s | 1,557 | #387 (1910) | #448 |
| 1920s | 1,560 | #530 (1922) | #573 |
| 1930s | 925 | #584 (1931) | #711 |
| 1940s | 459 | #935 (1940) | #1,249 |
| 1950s | 186 | #1,871 (1950) | #2,667 |
| 1960s | 50 | #4,539 (1963) | #5,849 |
| 1970s | 7 | #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 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 8,723 of them was named Floy, which outranked 88.5% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 119,513 of them was named Floy, which outranked 39.1% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,589York10
- #2,589Ysabel10
- #2,589Zoltan10
- #2,766Floy9
- #2,766Achille9
- #2,766Addie9
- #2,766Adelino9
- #2,980Abbie8
- #2,980Abbott8
- #2,980Abran8
Tied with 213 names at #2,766; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.