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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201936peak #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
1943#1,27541—
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
1935#646102#2,9517
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1933#67294#2,36810
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
1918#441225#1,99816
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1916#491171#2,25912
1915#454184#2,31011
1914#448150#2,6517
1913#472113#1,80310
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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 1936

  • 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: #437 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,166 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedKYWest 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: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedKSArkansas: #289 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,730 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #440 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,994 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedHITexas: #591 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,489 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Floy, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#289 · 1 in 1,730
  2. Missouri#437 · 1 in 5,166
  3. Oklahoma#440 · 1 in 3,994
  4. Texas#591 · 1 in 5,489

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

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Missouri#43751 in 5,166
Oklahoma#44051 in 3,994
Texas#591101 in 5,489
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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 1936

girls
#795
72 births · 1 in 14,450 girls
boys
#3,549
5 births · 1 in 207,441 boys

Top girls' names in 1936

  1. #1Mary54,377
  2. #2Shirley35,161
  3. #3Barbara31,682
  4. #4Betty25,868
  5. #5Patricia23,916
  6. #6Dorothy17,666
  7. #7Joan17,072
  8. #8Nancy16,755
  9. #9Margaret14,596
  10. #10Carol14,520
  11. #795Floy72

Top boys' names in 1936

  1. #1Robert58,500
  2. #2James54,694
  3. #3John47,683
  4. #4William39,398
  5. #5Richard33,494
  6. #6Charles29,101
  7. #7Donald28,639
  8. #8Thomas18,342
  9. #9George18,197
  10. #10David17,476
  11. #3,549Floy5
More about 1936

girls

1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 14,450 of them was named Floy, which outranked 83.6% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floy
  1. #791Karla73
  2. #791Marvel73
  3. #791Tanya73
  4. #795Floy72
  5. #795Bridget72
  6. #795Eldora72
  7. #795Jocelyn72
  8. #800Adela71
  9. #800Dorotha71
  10. #800Evangelina71

Tied with 4 names at #795; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,238Shelba#3,742 → #504
  2. ↑ 662Shelby#840 → #178
  3. ↑ 600Wendy#1,418 → #818
  4. ↑ 588Deanna#1,356 → #768
  5. ↑ 546Shari#1,514 → #968
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
  2. ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
  3. ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
  4. ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
  5. ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267

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

boys

1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 207,441 of them was named Floy, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floy
  1. #3,147Zachariah6
  2. #3,147Zebbie6
  3. #3,147Zeke6
  4. #3,549Floy5
  5. #3,549Abdon5
  6. #3,549Adger5
  7. #3,549Adlai5

Tied with 488 names at #3,549; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. ↑ 802Errol#1,708 → #906
  2. ↑ 644Sergio#1,584 → #940
  3. ↑ 601Brice#1,494 → #893
  4. ↑ 537Windell#1,390 → #853
  5. ↑ 529Kim#1,390 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,082Stafford#980 → #2,062
  2. ↓ 889Darwyn#750 → #1,639
  3. ↓ 461Hunter#956 → #1,417
  4. ↓ 399Orvil#844 → #1,243
  5. ↓ 370Rosendo#956 → #1,326

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

See the top 100 for 1936 →