Recorded 1980–2023 Boys' name Peak 2015 99 births

Croy — boys' name

99 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.

1980s122010s652020s22
2010s
Peak decade

66% of everyone ever named Croy was born in this single decade.

2015
Single peak year

11 babies were named Croy in 2015 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Croy

The Social Security Administration has registered 99 babies named Croy between 1980 and 2023, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Croy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Croy performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Croy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Croy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 99 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Croy at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

99

Since 1980

44 years of records

Peak year

2015

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1980

Recorded for 44 years

Last year on file: 2023

Croy popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1980

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2015)
11
Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
4681012 2023202020182016201420121980 5

Croy by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
65 births that decade — 66% of Croy's all-time total
1980s122010s652020s22

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Croy?
99 babies have been named Croy since 1980. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2015 with 11 births.
When was Croy most popular?
Croy was most popular in the 2010s decade with 65 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Croy been used?
Croy has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 44 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Croy?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Crosby, Cross, Croix, Crockett, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.