Toi
Toi was last recorded in 2012, when 6 babies were given it; 1,546 Americans have been recorded with it between 1944 and 2012 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,440 Americans named Toi and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 38 and 57.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Toi by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Toi mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Toi is “a female given name from Louisiana Creole.”
Also “a male given name from Māori.”
From Māori Toi, Samoan Toi, and other Polynesian languages.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Toi?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #16,677, in 2012; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
61 babies in 1974, the peak
Toi peaked in 1974, when 61 girls were given it, #1,577 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | #16,677 | 3.4 |
| 2009 | 5 | #19,979 | 2.7 |
| 2008 | 5 | #20,246 | 2.6 |
| 2007 | 5 | #20,330 | 2.6 |
| 2005 | 6 | #16,295 | 3.2 |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,685 | 4.4 |
| 2003 | 5 | #18,217 | 2.7 |
| 2002 | 10 | #10,186 | 5.6 |
| 2001 | 7 | #13,399 | 3.9 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,540 | 7.7 |
Every recorded year (59)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 6 | #14,288 | 3.4 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,540 | 6.2 |
| 1997 | 16 | #6,145 | 9.2 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,367 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,929 | 9.1 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,675 | 12.3 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,978 | 14.9 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,670 | 16.3 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,433 | 17.1 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,369 | 12.1 |
| 1989 | 25 | #4,002 | 13.6 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,469 | 15.7 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,251 | 16.7 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,676 | 21.6 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,723 | 13.4 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,843 | 19.0 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,146 | 16.2 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,699 | 20.7 |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,301 | 26.4 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,648 | 21.7 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,146 | 29.3 |
| 1978 | 40 | #2,301 | 26.1 |
| 1977 | 41 | #2,253 | 26.7 |
| 1976 | 34 | #2,435 | 23.2 |
| 1975 | 39 | #2,194 | 26.8 |
| 1974 | 61 | #1,577 | 41.6 |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,588 | 40.5 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,854 | 30.2 |
| 1971 | 40 | #2,104 | 24.0 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,753 | 29.7 |
| 1969 | 59 | #1,559 | 35.0 |
| 1968 | 36 | #2,022 | 21.9 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,781 | 26.0 |
| 1966 | 30 | #2,187 | 17.7 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,634 | 27.2 |
| 1964 | 36 | #2,006 | 19.0 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,691 | 11.4 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,258 | 14.7 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,534 | 11.9 |
| 1960 | 27 | #2,296 | 13.4 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,424 | 6.9 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,502 | 10.9 |
| 1957 | 10 | #4,186 | 4.9 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,444 | 4.5 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,364 | 6.6 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,454 | 4.3 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,353 | 4.4 |
| 1950 | 5 | #6,034 | 2.9 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,529 | 4.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Toi a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,546 Americans recorded as Toi, 97% are girls and 3% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Toi: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Toi, and how old are they?
1,440 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 1,546 Americans ever recorded as Toi. The median Toi alive today is 49 years old; half are between 38 and 57.
The 2020 Census counted 1,546 people named Toi (1,312 women and girls, 234 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,469 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 3 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 190 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 660 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 478 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 108 |
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 6,709 babies since 1880, Toi is the second most given (23% of them).
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 Toi
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 Toi and names like it
- Compare Toi and ToyaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sToi peaked in 1974.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Toi since 1910.
- The top names of 1974The year the most babies were named Toi.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Toi alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with TMost given first.