Toye — unisex name
388 babies named Toye in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Toye was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Toye in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Toye
The Social Security Administration has registered 388 babies named Toye between 1912 and 1985, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Toye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Toye is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 21 additional births since 1922.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Toye performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Toye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Toye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Toye 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 388 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.
Toye at a glance
Last recorded 1985Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Toye popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1912
- Peak year (1971)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1985.
388 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 17 births in a single year.
Toye popularity over time — boys
21 total births recorded since 1922 (Toye as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Toye accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Toye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 124 births that decade — 32% of Toye's all-time total
Toye decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 115 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Toye's strongest decade
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Toye by state
Where Toye concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 388 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.3% 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, 1912–1985 (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.