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
#40
1968 · 7,976 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #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 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #57 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 248 boysAKMaine: #38 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 145 boysMEVermont: #54 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 259 boysVTNew Hampshire: #54 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 266 boysNHWashington: #32 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 131 boysWAIdaho: #26 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 109 boysIDMontana: #32 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 122 boysMTNorth Dakota: #15 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 52 boysNDMinnesota: #19 for boys · 417 births · 1 in 74 boysMNIllinois: #45 for boys · 380 births · 1 in 240 boysILWisconsin: #30 for boys · 280 births · 1 in 127 boysWIMichigan: #42 for boys · 338 births · 1 in 225 boysMINew York: #94 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 611 boysNYMassachusetts: #82 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 680 boysMARhode Island: #57 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 374 boysRIOregon: #20 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 82 boysORNevada: #33 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 124 boysNVWyoming: #17 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 69 boysWYSouth Dakota: #14 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 56 boysSDIowa: #22 for boys · 255 births · 1 in 88 boysIAIndiana: #35 for boys · 310 births · 1 in 142 boysINOhio: #47 for boys · 394 births · 1 in 229 boysOHPennsylvania: #44 for boys · 403 births · 1 in 225 boysPANew Jersey: #58 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 387 boysNJConnecticut: #64 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 394 boysCTCalifornia: #49 for boys · 598 births · 1 in 280 boysCAUtah: #10 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 56 boysUTColorado: #22 for boys · 197 births · 1 in 90 boysCONebraska: #18 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 73 boysNEMissouri: #47 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 214 boysMOKentucky: #35 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 151 boysKYWest Virginia: #63 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 319 boysWVVirginia: #43 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 213 boysVAMaryland: #43 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 212 boysMDDelaware: #59 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 325 boysDEArizona: #48 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 230 boysAZNew Mexico: #79 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 314 boysNMKansas: #20 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 87 boysKSArkansas: #69 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 293 boysARTennessee: #51 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 236 boysTNNorth Carolina: #86 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 448 boysNCSouth Carolina: #55 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 251 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #54 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 276 boysDCOklahoma: #54 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 229 boysOKLouisiana: #18 for boys · 391 births · 1 in 88 boysLAMississippi: #73 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 330 boysMSAlabama: #97 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 475 boysALGeorgia: #76 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 344 boysGAHawaii: #46 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 183 boysHITexas: #50 for boys · 419 births · 1 in 244 boysTXFlorida: #48 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 273 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#10 · 1 in 56
  2. South Dakota#14 · 1 in 56
  3. North Dakota#15 · 1 in 52
  4. Wyoming#17 · 1 in 69
  5. Nebraska#18 · 1 in 73

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#101861 in 56
South Dakota#14871 in 56
North Dakota#15941 in 52
Wyoming#17321 in 69
Louisiana#183911 in 88
Nebraska#181521 in 73
Minnesota#194171 in 74
Kansas#201781 in 87
Oregon#201831 in 82
Colorado#221971 in 90
Iowa#222551 in 88
Idaho#26491 in 109
Wisconsin#302801 in 127
Montana#32411 in 122
Washington#322031 in 131
Nevada#33271 in 124
Indiana#353101 in 142
Kentucky#351801 in 151
Maine#38531 in 145
Michigan#423381 in 225
Maryland#431311 in 212
Virginia#431711 in 213
Pennsylvania#444031 in 225
Illinois#453801 in 240
Hawaii#46321 in 183
Missouri#471711 in 214
Ohio#473941 in 229
Arizona#48631 in 230
Florida#481741 in 273
California#495981 in 280
Texas#504191 in 244
Tennessee#511381 in 236
District of Columbia#54431 in 276
New Hampshire#54201 in 266
Oklahoma#54801 in 229
Vermont#54121 in 259
South Carolina#55891 in 251
Alaska#57111 in 248
Rhode Island#57191 in 374
New Jersey#581361 in 387
Delaware#59131 in 325
West Virginia#63431 in 319
Connecticut#64571 in 394
Arkansas#69511 in 293
Mississippi#73611 in 330
Georgia#761191 in 344
New Mexico#79281 in 314
Massachusetts#82671 in 680
North Carolina#86971 in 448
New York#942421 in 611
Alabama#97611 in 475

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 1968

girls
#1,291
73 births · 1 in 22,471 girls
boys
#40
7,976 births · 1 in 218 boys

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #1,291Troy73

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #40Troy7,976
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 22,471 of them was named Troy, which outranked 84.3% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Troy
  1. #1,279Ora74
  2. #1,279Rebeca74
  3. #1,279Sherilyn74
  4. #1,291Troy73
  5. #1,291Adina73
  6. #1,291Cameron73
  7. #1,291Donald73
  8. #1,301Candie72
  9. #1,301Estelle72
  10. #1,301Gary72

Tied with 9 names at #1,291; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 218 of them was named Troy, which outranked 99.2% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Troy
  1. #37Sean9,172
  2. #38Larry8,231
  3. #39Peter8,122
  4. #40Troy7,976
  5. #41Craig7,858
  6. #42Rodney7,505
  7. #43Shawn7,478
Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 649Dustin#1,018 → #369
  2. ↑ 567Damion#1,411 → #844
  3. ↑ 490Korey#1,388 → #898
  4. ↑ 434Darby#1,364 → #930
  5. ↑ 393Jamal#1,181 → #788
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Illya#968 → #1,894
  2. ↓ 357Maury#925 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 298Cedrick#885 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 290Dell#875 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 257Faron#843 → #1,100

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →