Girls' name · since 1970
Loey
38 babies named Loey in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1970
- 2020s
- peak decade
Loey is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 38 have been recorded since 1970.
Loey has 38 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2024.
- #38,221 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 38 born since 1970
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loey ranks #38,221 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 38 born since 1970, peaking in the 2020s.
- #38,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1970
- 2020s
- peak decade
Loey's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Loey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Loey splits its recorded history at 2021: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2021 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1970 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Loey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2024
- Peak year (1970)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Loey by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (15 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Loey's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Loey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 15 births (39% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Loey: 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, 1970–2024 (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 Loey 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.