Stoy — boys' name
89 babies named Stoy in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Stoy was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Stoy in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Stoy
The Social Security Administration has registered 89 babies named Stoy between 1915 and 1951, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stoy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1951. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Stoy performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Stoy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Stoy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Stoy 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 89 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.
Stoy at a glance
Last recorded 1951Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Stoy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1915
- Peak year (1919)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1951.
89 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 10 births in a single year.
Stoy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 38 births that decade — 43% of Stoy's all-time total
Stoy decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Stoy's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Stoy by state
Where Stoy concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 5 | 5.6% |
5 of 89 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 5.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 5.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1915–1951 (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.