Loy
Loy was last recorded in 2021, when 7 babies were given it; 4,983 Americans have been recorded with it between 1881 and 2021 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,610 Americans named Loy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (32% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 57 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Loy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Loy?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #10,364, in 2021; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
109 babies in 1938, the peak
Loy peaked in 1938, when 109 babies were given it (81 boys, #670 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | under 5 | 7 | #10,364 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 8 | #9,314 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 5 | #13,490 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 8 | #9,278 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 6 | #11,896 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 8 | #9,409 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 6 | #11,498 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 5 | #12,587 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 8 | #8,611 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 6 | #10,357 |
Every recorded year (123)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | under 5 | 6 | #10,155 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 6 | #9,835 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 10 | #6,121 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 6 | #8,832 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 6 | #8,567 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 6 | #8,452 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 11 | #5,225 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 11 | #5,104 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 8 | #6,286 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 7 | #6,878 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 5 | #8,709 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 11 | #4,337 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 7 | #5,844 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 11 | #4,024 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 7 | #5,330 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 8 | #4,743 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 10 | #4,116 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 16 | #2,845 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 13 | #3,362 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 17 | #2,730 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 16 | #2,746 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 17 | #2,614 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 10 | #3,627 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 16 | #2,598 | |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,580 | 13 | #2,885 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,990 | 16 | #2,460 |
| 1972 | 5 | #9,035 | 28 | #1,667 |
| 1971 | 5 | #9,036 | 22 | #1,960 |
| 1970 | under 5 | 23 | #1,877 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 16 | #2,189 | |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,682 | 18 | #1,936 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,473 | 29 | #1,431 |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,099 | 26 | #1,529 |
| 1965 | 8 | #5,102 | 26 | #1,544 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,793 | 25 | #1,601 |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,200 | 38 | #1,267 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,924 | 28 | #1,502 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,706 | 36 | #1,339 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,638 | 43 | #1,202 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,543 | 39 | #1,257 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,176 | 50 | #1,084 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,785 | 38 | #1,274 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,680 | 48 | #1,101 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,904 | 33 | #1,328 |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,268 | 44 | #1,130 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,879 | 55 | #971 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,997 | 55 | #965 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,164 | 40 | #1,146 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,305 | 49 | #998 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,300 | 60 | #896 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,492 | 64 | #860 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,844 | 54 | #972 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,060 | 58 | #866 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,724 | 60 | #803 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,468 | 48 | #927 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,400 | 74 | #759 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,365 | 60 | #845 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,557 | 62 | #804 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,427 | 59 | #815 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,499 | 59 | #799 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,427 | 81 | #670 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,609 | 72 | #710 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,621 | 67 | #740 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,698 | 79 | #674 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,050 | 84 | #662 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,483 | 81 | #648 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,579 | 83 | #673 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,373 | 79 | #676 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,993 | 86 | #675 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,145 | 72 | #748 |
| 1928 | 10 | #3,065 | 85 | #688 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,636 | 73 | #772 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,811 | 93 | #656 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,890 | 78 | #742 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,803 | 88 | #700 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,824 | 75 | #762 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,541 | 93 | #670 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,574 | 80 | #741 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,224 | 88 | #682 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,827 | 83 | #685 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,604 | 79 | #718 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,153 | 82 | #662 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,771 | 80 | #660 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,302 | 87 | #617 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,968 | 46 | #784 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,480 | 38 | #771 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,679 | 23 | #958 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,610 | 12 | #1,020 |
| 1910 | under 5 | 13 | #910 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 22 | #568 | |
| 1908 | 6 | #2,000 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,247 | 16 | #652 |
| 1906 | under 5 | 7 | #1,070 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 10 | #822 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 8 | #931 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 20 | #479 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 13 | #635 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 5 | #1,150 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 15 | #668 | |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,742 | 10 | #687 |
| 1898 | under 5 | 5 | #1,235 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 11 | #668 | |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,731 | 7 | #942 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,728 | 9 | #775 |
| 1894 | under 5 | 14 | #554 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 12 | #594 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 5 | #1,060 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 8 | #759 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 8 | #789 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 6 | #885 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 6 | #921 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 5 | #1,065 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 5 | #957 |
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 Loy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,983 Americans recorded as Loy, 17% are girls and 83% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Loy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Loy, and how old are they?
1,610 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 32% of the 4,983 Americans ever recorded as Loy. The median Loy alive today is 69 years old; half are between 57 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 2,128 people named Loy (541 women and girls, 1,587 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,998 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 333 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 750 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 313 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 118 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 74 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 20 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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 Loy born?
The states with the most babies named Loy are Texas, Arkansas and Georgia, with 62% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Arkansas is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 483 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Arkansas | 321 | not ranked | 4.2× |
| Georgia | 219 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Oklahoma | 214 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Missouri | 127 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 124 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 44 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Tennessee | 37 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 33 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Alabama | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Loy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Loy is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 4.2 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 Loy with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 6,150 babies since 1880, Loy is the most given (81% of them). In 2025 none of their 35 babies recorded by SSA was a Loy (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Loy
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 Loy and names like it
- Compare Loy and LoyeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sLoy peaked in 1938.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Loy since 1910.
- The top names of 1938The year the most babies were named Loy.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Loy alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.