Foy
Last seen for girls in 1950 at #5,301 · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #10,151
Given to boys 83.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1905 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,112since 1889
Foy over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
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| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,902 | 13 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,973 | 17 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,865 | 19 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,715 | 22 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,945 | 17 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,979 | 16 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,435 | 28 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,480 | 26 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,615 | 22 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,598 | 22 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #1,538 | 23 |
| 1949 | — | #1,583 | 22 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,346 | 29 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,394 | 28 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,094 | 40 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #1,074 | 40 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #1,167 | 35 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #1,066 | 37 |
| 1940 | — | #1,135 | 34 | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #904 | 47 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #1,149 | 32 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #1,233 | 29 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #924 | 44 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #1,098 | 35 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #1,213 | 30 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #1,181 | 31 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #1,004 | 43 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #939 | 48 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | #1,151 | 37 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #1,094 | 40 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | #963 | 50 |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 | #1,001 | 49 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | #955 | 51 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #1,053 | 43 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | #872 | 62 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | #954 | 52 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #871 | 62 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 | #834 | 68 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | #1,035 | 45 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | #999 | 46 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 | #909 | 53 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | #919 | 48 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #939 | 46 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 | #791 | 58 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #836 | 41 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 | #759 | 38 |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 | #892 | 25 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #636 | 14 | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Foy! It came in at #878, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Foy is popular in 1914
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#284 · 1 in 2,140
- Alabama#331 · 1 in 2,618
- North Carolina#345 · 1 in 3,190
- Texas#420 · 1 in 3,239
Best ever in a state: #206 in Alabama, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #284 | 5 | 1 in 2,140 |
| Alabama | #331 | 6 | 1 in 2,618 |
| North Carolina | #345 | 6 | 1 in 3,190 |
| Texas | #420 | 9 | 1 in 3,239 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Foy
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Biggest jump: 245 spots in 1939 (#1,149 → #904)
- Biggest drop: 617 spots in 1906 (#636 → #1,253)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1905 at #636 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1912–1919
- Highest: 1 in 9,450 boys born in 1905 were named Foy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 332,884 boys born in 2005 (0.00%)
- 24.7% of all boys named Foy (522) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1909, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #878 (1889) | #878 |
| 1890s | 19 | #826 (1896) | #947 |
| 1900s | 53 | #636 (1905) | #946 |
| 1910s | 375 | #759 (1913) | #921 |
| 1920s | 522 | #834 (1921) | #963 |
| 1930s | 376 | #904 (1939) | #1,080 |
| 1940s | 325 | #1,066 (1941) | #1,229 |
| 1950s | 210 | #1,435 (1954) | #1,726 |
| 1960s | 123 | #1,973 (1960) | #2,488 |
| 1970s | 64 | #2,891 (1970) | #4,173 |
| 1980s | 28 | #4,973 (1984) | #5,968 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,700 (1993) | #8,700 |
| 2000s | 6 | #10,151 (2005) | #10,151 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Foy in 1914
Top girls' names in 1914
Top boys' names in 1914
More about 1914
girls
761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 58,583 of them was named Foy, which outranked 54.9% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,818Vinita14
- #1,818Virgina14
- #1,818Voncile14
- #1,896Foy13
- #1,896Adelyn13
- #1,896Adriana13
- #1,896Alena13
- #2,009Agustina12
- #2,009Allyne12
- #2,009Amparo12
Tied with 112 names at #1,896; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 15,970 of them was named Foy, which outranked 77.8% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).