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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #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 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #41 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 151 boysAKMaine: #33 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 132 boysMEVermont: #62 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 272 boysVTNew Hampshire: #67 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 342 boysNHWashington: #36 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 142 boysWAIdaho: #21 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 90 boysIDMontana: #27 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 106 boysMTNorth Dakota: #18 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 66 boysNDMinnesota: #25 for boys · 414 births · 1 in 79 boysMNIllinois: #47 for boys · 385 births · 1 in 251 boysILWisconsin: #29 for boys · 325 births · 1 in 113 boysWIMichigan: #43 for boys · 367 births · 1 in 222 boysMINew York: #80 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 515 boysNYMassachusetts: #91 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 676 boysMARhode Island: #60 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 371 boysRIOregon: #23 for boys · 191 births · 1 in 87 boysORNevada: #31 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 115 boysNVWyoming: #26 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 97 boysWYSouth Dakota: #11 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 49 boysSDIowa: #22 for boys · 325 births · 1 in 71 boysIAIndiana: #35 for boys · 335 births · 1 in 143 boysINOhio: #46 for boys · 441 births · 1 in 220 boysOHPennsylvania: #45 for boys · 419 births · 1 in 224 boysPANew Jersey: #64 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 404 boysNJConnecticut: #49 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 304 boysCTCalifornia: #50 for boys · 638 births · 1 in 280 boysCAUtah: #15 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 70 boysUTColorado: #27 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 109 boysCONebraska: #21 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 77 boysNEMissouri: #47 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 232 boysMOKentucky: #34 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 145 boysKYWest Virginia: #66 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 326 boysWVVirginia: #46 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 242 boysVAMaryland: #41 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 168 boysMDDelaware: #51 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 280 boysDEArizona: #36 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 179 boysAZNew Mexico: #77 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 319 boysNMKansas: #23 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 92 boysKSArkansas: #78 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 365 boysARTennessee: #60 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 280 boysTNNorth Carolina: #93 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 451 boysNCSouth Carolina: #72 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 315 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #61 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 289 boysDCOklahoma: #65 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 253 boysOKLouisiana: #22 for boys · 313 births · 1 in 108 boysLAMississippi: #82 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 379 boysMSAlabama: #97 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 468 boysALGeorgia: #65 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 315 boysGAHawaii: #34 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 141 boysHITexas: #48 for boys · 447 births · 1 in 256 boysTXFlorida: #44 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 239 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#11 · 1 in 49
  2. Utah#15 · 1 in 70
  3. North Dakota#18 · 1 in 66
  4. Nebraska#21 · 1 in 77
  5. Idaho#21 · 1 in 90

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#111041 in 49
Utah#151761 in 70
North Dakota#18781 in 66
Idaho#21681 in 90
Nebraska#211561 in 77
Iowa#223251 in 71
Louisiana#223131 in 108
Kansas#231801 in 92
Oregon#231911 in 87
Minnesota#254141 in 79
Wyoming#26261 in 97
Colorado#271821 in 109
Montana#27501 in 106
Wisconsin#293251 in 113
Nevada#31331 in 115
Maine#33601 in 132
Hawaii#34471 in 141
Kentucky#341991 in 145
Indiana#353351 in 143
Arizona#36951 in 179
Washington#361991 in 142
Alaska#41211 in 151
Maryland#411671 in 168
Michigan#433671 in 222
Florida#442251 in 239
Pennsylvania#454191 in 224
Ohio#464411 in 220
Virginia#461581 in 242
Illinois#473851 in 251
Missouri#471711 in 232
Texas#484471 in 256
Connecticut#49761 in 304
California#506381 in 280
Delaware#51161 in 280
Rhode Island#60201 in 371
Tennessee#601261 in 280
District of Columbia#61421 in 289
Vermont#62131 in 272
New Jersey#641371 in 404
Georgia#651431 in 315
Oklahoma#65801 in 253
West Virginia#66431 in 326
New Hampshire#67171 in 342
South Carolina#72741 in 315
New Mexico#77301 in 319
Arkansas#78441 in 365
New York#803001 in 515
Mississippi#82561 in 379
Massachusetts#91691 in 676
North Carolina#931011 in 451
Alabama#97661 in 468

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 1970

girls
#1,182
97 births · 1 in 18,022 girls
boys
#41
8,448 births · 1 in 220 boys

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #1,182Troy97

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #41Troy8,448
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 18,022 of them was named Troy, which outranked 87.4% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Troy
  1. #1,177Carletta98
  2. #1,177Keshia98
  3. #1,177Leslee98
  4. #1,182Troy97
  5. #1,182Devona97
  6. #1,182Elaina97
  7. #1,182Felice97
  8. #1,191Alfreda96
  9. #1,191Hattie96
  10. #1,191Kasandra96

Tied with 8 names at #1,182; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

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

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 220 of them was named Troy, which outranked 99.2% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Troy
  1. #38Keith9,615
  2. #39Craig9,364
  3. #40George8,911
  4. #41Troy8,448
  5. #42Jonathan8,194
  6. #43Larry8,104
  7. #44Peter8,056
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,783Jermaine#4,404 → #621
  2. ↑ 1,000Dax#1,861 → #861
  3. ↑ 842Jeramy#1,810 → #968
  4. ↑ 639Branden#1,570 → #931
  5. ↑ 407Braden#1,396 → #989
Fallers
  1. ↓ 593Jemal#549 → #1,142
  2. ↓ 307Karen#885 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 307Merlin#885 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 302Dennie#920 → #1,222
  5. ↓ 276Luciano#931 → #1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1970 →