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 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#380 · 1 in 3,514
- Texas#791 · 1 in 10,383
Best ever in a state: #115 in Arkansas, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #380 | 6 | 1 in 3,514 |
| Texas | #791 | 8 | 1 in 10,383 |
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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 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 31,426 of them was named Floy, which outranked 78.5% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,208Michaelene51
- #1,208Thomasine51
- #1,208Valorie51
- #1,220Floy50
- #1,220Abbie50
- #1,220Bethany50
- #1,220Daria50
- #1,229Caron49
- #1,229Charity49
- #1,229Cherilyn49
Tied with 8 names at #1,220; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.