Boys' name · since 1920
Alroy
Alroy has 110 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1953 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 110
- total births
- 1920–1990
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
Alroy sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 110 recorded since 1920.
Alroy has 110 recorded births among boys since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 1990.
- 110 total births
- 1920–1990 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 46% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
110 boys have been named Alroy since 1920, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1990.
- 110
- total births
- 1920–1990
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Alroy was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Alroy in 1953 - its busiest year on record.
Alroy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alroy splits its recorded history at 1950: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1953 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alroy at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alroy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1990
- Peak year (1953)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1990.
110 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1953 with 13 births in a single year.
Alroy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Alroy's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Alroy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s
1930s
27 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
51 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 51 births (46% of all-time use).
Alroy decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Alroy's data
- Alroy's decade-level peak was the 1950s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1920–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Alroy: Baby Name Since 1920 - 110 Births, Peak 1953." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/alroy. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alroy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.
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