Toy

Where Toy comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Toy.

  • Vowel-ended
Toy through the years
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #799 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1898
    Peak, #701
    10 babies named Toy, its best rank.
  3. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,051.
  4. 1947
    Toy Caldwell born
    American musician
  5. 1994
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Toy Caldwell · American musician, 1947–1993

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