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.
- #16,777 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 110
- born since 1920
- 1950s
- peak 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.
- #16,777 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 110 born since 1920
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alroy ranks #16,777 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 110 born since 1920, peaking in the 1950s.
- #16,777 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 110
- born since 1920
- 1950s
- peak decade
Alroy's 110 recorded births place it above 62.99% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
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 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
Alroy by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (51 births, 46% of the file).
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).
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- 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.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alroy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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).
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 August 2026.