Troy

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #11,169 · #532 for boys in 2025, 563 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1968 · 7,976 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
19 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
216,308
since 1880

Troy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #40, 1968boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#532563
2024—#530562
2023#11,1698#461665
2022#12,2437#474650
2021#12,2067#417737
2020#8,95311#414718
2019#11,3568#389805
2018#15,6825#363912
2017#14,1246#351951
2016#14,3316#3161,106
2015#11,8358#3001,203
2014#13,0697#2761,327
2013—#2741,288
2012#13,4837#2591,393
2011#16,7645#2441,463
2010#12,2768#2481,384
2009#17,2945#2381,488
2008#17,5045#2311,598
2007#9,53912#2311,603
2006#11,4179#2291,583
2005#16,4625#2261,525
2004#8,25913#2271,502
2003—#2561,284
2002#10,2469#2491,301
2001#11,0208#2461,356
2000#8,53411#2241,514
1999#6,83614#2051,672
1998#8,01611#1841,821
1997#7,28312#1701,998
1996#4,88320#1552,239
1995#4,09925#1402,470
1994#5,01619#1232,843
1993#3,58530#1312,648
1992#8,06510#1462,288
1991#4,80820#1372,336
1990#7,88010#1282,505
1989#6,16013#1242,636
1988#3,80524#1242,344
1987#4,12220#1222,295
1986#3,20328#1232,249
1985#3,73022#1232,316
1984#3,61322#1142,412
1983#5,14813#1132,406
1982#3,41824#1152,533
1981#4,16218#1142,512
1980#2,15447#1062,831
1979#3,66821#992,964
1978#3,00926#883,152
1977#2,66631#883,307
1976#2,25537#733,715
1975#2,13640#693,951
1974#2,29034#634,563
1973#1,88544#595,064
1972#1,65554#496,348
1971#1,54663#467,340
1970#1,18297#418,448
1969#1,31774#428,098
1968#1,29173#407,976
1967#1,21976#407,933
1966#1,33566#486,905
1965#1,44858#535,856
1964#1,25477#576,308
1963#1,065102#665,971
1962#1,09099#676,048
1961#993119#1004,259
1960#1,24877#1622,056
1959#1,53750#257963
1958#1,65742#278765
1957#1,86934#269777
1956#2,00529#279705
1955#2,28023#275671
1954#2,29522#266697
1953#2,36320#267686
1952#4,4837#265671
1951#2,39118#270625
1950#2,43617#258637
1949#2,51416#262620
1948#3,13711#253653
1947#3,06112#257669
1946#2,15319#244636
1945#2,14916#220615
1944#1,96719#218630
1943#2,86111#228632
1942#2,66612#235574
1941#3,5597#226569
1940#2,42412#217577
1939#1,73120#209586
1938#2,73010#220546
1937#2,10115#221541
1936#3,1038#218534
1935#2,73110#217547
1934#3,4497#222540
1933#1,72320#223518
1932#1,95717#223540
1931#2,42712#238485
1930#1,81520#237533
1929#1,82520#241506
1928#2,19416#232562
1927#3,05310#237559
1926#2,07618#246522
1925#2,11918#249517
1924#2,51414#243559
1923#2,36615#247512
1922#2,95811#251502
1921#3,16410#243532
1920#1,88921#242519
1919#2,26415#236499
1918#2,10217#248454
1917#2,87910#255394
1916#2,36813#237442
1915#1,73819#238415
1914#2,6388#244307
1913#3,1875#256218
1912#2,1448#247202
1911#1,7928#257100
1910#2,3985#25490
1909—#28164
1908#1,6767#22387
1907#1,3849#24472
1906—#26654
1905#1,9315#25459
1904#1,8775#22669
1903—#27346
1902#1,5946#23859
1901—#26741
1900—#24469
1899—#33628
1898—#32036
1897—#33131
1896#1,5835#33132
1895—#34029
1894—#24050
1893—#35925
1892—#34829
1891—#35923
1890—#45816
1889—#46416
1888—#41620
1887—#51612
1886—#40319
1885—#42218
1884—#57011
1883—#49713
1882—#45316
1881—#7816
1880—#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Troy was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.

Where Troy is popular in 1931

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedMNIllinois: #487 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,782 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #510 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,292 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedNEMissouri: #205 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,697 boysMOKentucky: #160 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,076 boysKYWest Virginia: #189 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,246 boysWVVirginia: #168 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,004 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedNMKansas: #295 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,873 boysKSArkansas: #73 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 315 boysARTennessee: #136 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 901 boysTNNorth Carolina: #172 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,020 boysNCSouth Carolina: #148 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 912 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #104 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 528 boysOKLouisiana: #204 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,152 boysLAMississippi: #129 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 697 boysMSAlabama: #127 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 716 boysALGeorgia: #137 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 780 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Troy, so not publishedHITexas: #148 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 699 boysTXFlorida: #198 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,249 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#73 · 1 in 315
  2. Oklahoma#104 · 1 in 528
  3. Alabama#127 · 1 in 716
  4. Mississippi#129 · 1 in 697
  5. Tennessee#136 · 1 in 901

Best ever in a state: #10 in Utah, 1964.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#73521 in 315
Oklahoma#104411 in 528
Alabama#127361 in 716
Mississippi#129261 in 697
Tennessee#136271 in 901
Georgia#137351 in 780
South Carolina#148181 in 912
Texas#148791 in 699
Kentucky#160231 in 1,076
Virginia#168211 in 1,004
North Carolina#172311 in 1,020
West Virginia#189131 in 1,246
Florida#19891 in 1,249
Louisiana#204161 in 1,152
Missouri#205161 in 1,697
Kansas#29551 in 2,873
Illinois#48751 in 10,782
Pennsylvania#51051 in 15,292
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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 Troy
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#530 → #532)
  • 118 spots since 2020 (#414 → #532)
  • 232 spots since 2015 (#300 → #532)
  • Biggest jump: 328 spots in 1882 (#781 → #453)
  • Biggest drop: 113 spots in 1887 (#403 → #516)
Rise & fade · boys
88 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1968 at #40 (7,976 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 19 yrs · run 1961–1979
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 218
  • Highest: 1 in 218 boys born in 1968 were named Troy (0.46%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,034 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 28.4% of all boys named Troy (61,410) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s139#403 (1886)#520
1890s299#240 (1894)#342
1900s620#223 (1908)#252
1910s3,121#236 (1919)#247
1920s5,290#232 (1928)#243
1930s5,370#209 (1939)#223
1940s6,175#217 (1940)#236
1950s7,197#257 (1959)#268
1960s61,410#40 (1968)#68
1970s48,852#41 (1970)#68
1980s24,534#106 (1980)#118
1990s22,820#123 (1994)#152
2000s14,754#224 (2000)#236
2010s11,832#244 (2011)#302
2020s3,895#414 (2020)#471

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.

Troy in 1931

girls
#2,427
12 births · 1 in 88,727 girls
boys
#238
485 births · 1 in 2,144 boys

Top girls' names in 1931

  1. #1Mary60,299
  2. #2Betty36,105
  3. #3Dorothy26,524
  4. #4Barbara21,804
  5. #5Joan19,119
  6. #6Helen17,664
  7. #7Margaret17,332
  8. #8Patricia16,469
  9. #9Shirley14,405
  10. #10Doris13,629
  11. #2,427Troy12

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #238Troy485
More about 1931

girls

1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 88,727 of them was named Troy, which outranked 51.3% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Troy
  1. #2,307Yasuko13
  2. #2,307Zana13
  3. #2,307Zelia13
  4. #2,427Troy12
  5. #2,427Alexandria12
  6. #2,427Alla12
  7. #2,427Antonio12
  8. #2,581Adel11
  9. #2,581Aloma11
  10. #2,581Alton11

Tied with 153 names at #2,427; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. ↑ 857Joretta#1,320 → #463
  2. ↑ 519Joetta#1,460 → #941
  3. ↑ 483Sondra#1,031 → #548
  4. ↑ 465Celine#1,460 → #995
  5. ↑ 343Lynne#1,274 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 377Margo#937 → #1,314
  2. ↓ 349Rachael#894 → #1,243
  3. ↓ 317Evelyne#926 → #1,243
  4. ↓ 287Vivien#971 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 283Ardeth#629 → #912

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

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 2,144 of them was named Troy, which outranked 94.5% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Troy
  1. #233Julian502
  2. #236Norbert501
  3. #237Tommie494
  4. #238Troy485
  5. #239Mack482
  6. #239Rufus482
  7. #241Felix480
Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Kenton#1,753 → #959
  2. ↑ 420Wyman#1,330 → #910
  3. ↑ 408Jan#1,330 → #922
  4. ↑ 402Leopold#1,399 → #997
  5. ↑ 398Odie#1,299 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Artie#976 → #1,489
  2. ↓ 469Arnulfo#892 → #1,361
  3. ↓ 385Rose#832 → #1,217
  4. ↓ 357Ransom#976 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 343Jodie#990 → #1,333

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

See the top 100 for 1931 →