Foy
Foy was last recorded in 2005, when 6 babies were given it; 2,533 Americans have been recorded with it between 1889 and 2005 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Foy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Foy?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #10,521, in 2005; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
81 babies in 1921, the peak
Foy peaked in 1921, when 81 babies were given it (68 boys, #836 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | under 5 | 6 | #10,521 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 5 | #9,192 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 5 | #7,074 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 7 | #5,148 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 5 | #6,591 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 5 | #6,680 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 6 | #5,761 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 10 | #3,684 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 5 | #6,179 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 6 | #5,147 |
Every recorded year (88)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | under 5 | 13 | #2,957 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 8 | #3,947 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 5 | #5,227 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 6 | #4,587 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 11 | #2,956 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 16 | #2,167 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 10 | #2,798 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 11 | #2,524 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 11 | #2,525 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 13 | #2,303 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 5 | #4,249 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 14 | #2,238 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 14 | #2,214 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 12 | #2,458 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 17 | #1,998 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 19 | #1,883 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 15 | #2,123 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 22 | #1,727 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 17 | #1,962 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 16 | #1,992 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 28 | #1,445 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 26 | #1,488 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 22 | #1,634 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 22 | #1,611 | |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,563 | 23 | #1,555 |
| 1949 | under 5 | 22 | #1,592 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 29 | #1,359 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 28 | #1,401 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 40 | #1,100 | |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,773 | 26 | #1,307 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,219 | 34 | #1,142 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,326 | 40 | #1,078 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,282 | 35 | #1,176 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,636 | 37 | #1,074 |
| 1940 | under 5 | 34 | #1,143 | |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,926 | 47 | #906 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,277 | 32 | #1,152 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,473 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,737 | 44 | #928 |
| 1935 | 9 | #3,005 | 35 | #1,107 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,979 | 30 | #1,225 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,219 | 31 | #1,187 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,390 | 43 | #1,013 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,470 | 48 | #948 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,347 | 37 | #1,160 |
| 1929 | 10 | #3,002 | 40 | #1,097 |
| 1928 | 10 | #3,017 | 50 | #968 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,287 | 49 | #1,005 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,614 | 51 | #958 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,194 | 43 | #1,057 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,579 | 62 | #874 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,636 | 52 | #957 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,664 | 62 | #875 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,682 | 68 | #836 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,391 | 45 | #1,040 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,304 | 46 | #1,003 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,233 | 53 | #911 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,361 | 48 | #925 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,112 | 46 | #942 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,908 | 58 | #797 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,948 | 41 | #843 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,488 | 38 | #763 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,266 | 25 | #900 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,700 | 10 | #1,141 |
| 1910 | 7 | #2,007 | 10 | #1,068 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,847 | 6 | #1,342 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,383 | 9 | #976 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,555 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 5 | #1,305 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 14 | #646 | |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,989 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,362 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 9 | #748 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 10 | #861 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 6 | #988 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 8 | #848 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 5 | #1,142 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 6 | #914 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Foy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,533 Americans recorded as Foy, 17% are girls and 83% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Foy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Foy, and how old are they?
An estimated 555 Americans named Foy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (22% of everyone recorded); the median is 73 years old and half are between 61 and 82. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 819 people named Foy (113 women and girls, 706 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 746 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Foy born?
The states with the most babies named Foy are Texas, Alabama and North Carolina, with 88% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 363 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Alabama | 305 | not ranked | 4.8× |
| North Carolina | 269 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| Oklahoma | 59 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Georgia | 55 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Arkansas | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Virginia | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Foy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Foy is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 4.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Foy with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Foy
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Foy and names like it
- Compare Foy and OdellBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sFoy peaked in 1921.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Foy since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Foy.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Foy alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.