Loye — boys' name

What the Data Says About Loye

The Social Security Administration has registered 448 babies named Loye between 1913 and 1970, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Loye currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1933, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Loye is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 173 additional births since 1907.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Loye performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Loye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by West Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Loye in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Loye 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 448 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.