Boys' name · since 1980
Croy
100 babies named Croy in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,408 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 100
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
100 boys have been named Croy since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Croy has been recorded 100 times among boys since 1980, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2023.
- #17,408 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 100 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Croy ranks #17,408 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 100 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,408 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 100
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Croy's 100 recorded births place it above 61.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Croy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Croy's full recorded timeline at 2016, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Croy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2023
- Peak year (2015)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Croy by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (65 births, 65% of the file).
2010s was Croy's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Croy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 65 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Croy's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (65 total births) through the 2020s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Croy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
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, 1980–2023 (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 Croy 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.