Troy
Troy was given to 563 boys in 2025, #533 among boys’ names; 218,982 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 179,000 Americans named Troy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (82% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 33 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Troy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Troy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Troy is “a male given name.”
Also “a male given name transferred from the surname, but today associated with the classical city.”
From Latin Troia, from Ancient Greek Τροία (Troía).
/tɹɔɪ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Troy?
#533 among boys’ names, 2025
Troy fell from #301 in 2015 to #533 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.63 to 0.33 per 1,000.
8,545 babies in 1970, the peak
Troy peaked in 1970, when 8,545 babies were given it (8,448 boys, #41 among boys’ names). The 563 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 563 | #533 | 0.33 |
| 2024 | 562 | #530 | 0.33 |
| 2023 | 665 | #463 | 0.39 |
| 2022 | 650 | #475 | 0.37 |
| 2021 | 737 | #419 | 0.42 |
| 2020 | 718 | #415 | 0.42 |
| 2019 | 805 | #390 | 0.45 |
| 2018 | 912 | #364 | 0.50 |
| 2017 | 951 | #351 | 0.51 |
| 2016 | 1,106 | #316 | 0.58 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,203 | #301 | 0.63 |
| 2014 | 1,327 | #276 | 0.69 |
| 2013 | 1,288 | #274 | 0.68 |
| 2012 | 1,393 | #259 | 0.73 |
| 2011 | 1,463 | #244 | 0.77 |
| 2010 | 1,384 | #248 | 0.72 |
| 2009 | 1,488 | #238 | 0.75 |
| 2008 | 1,598 | #231 | 0.78 |
| 2007 | 1,603 | #231 | 0.77 |
| 2006 | 1,583 | #229 | 0.77 |
| 2005 | 1,525 | #226 | 0.76 |
| 2004 | 1,502 | #227 | 0.76 |
| 2003 | 1,284 | #256 | 0.65 |
| 2002 | 1,301 | #250 | 0.67 |
| 2001 | 1,356 | #247 | 0.70 |
| 2000 | 1,514 | #225 | 0.77 |
| 1999 | 1,672 | #205 | 0.87 |
| 1998 | 1,821 | #184 | 1.0 |
| 1997 | 1,998 | #170 | 1.1 |
| 1996 | 2,239 | #155 | 1.2 |
| 1995 | 2,470 | #140 | 1.3 |
| 1994 | 2,843 | #123 | 1.5 |
| 1993 | 2,648 | #131 | 1.4 |
| 1992 | 2,288 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1991 | 2,336 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 1990 | 2,505 | #128 | 1.2 |
| 1989 | 2,636 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1988 | 2,344 | #124 | 1.2 |
| 1987 | 2,295 | #122 | 1.2 |
| 1986 | 2,249 | #123 | 1.2 |
| 1985 | 2,316 | #123 | 1.3 |
| 1984 | 2,412 | #114 | 1.3 |
| 1983 | 2,406 | #113 | 1.3 |
| 1982 | 2,533 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1981 | 2,512 | #114 | 1.4 |
| 1980 | 2,831 | #106 | 1.6 |
| 1979 | 2,964 | #99 | 1.7 |
| 1978 | 3,152 | #88 | 1.9 |
| 1977 | 3,307 | #88 | 2.0 |
| 1976 | 3,715 | #73 | 2.4 |
| 1975 | 3,951 | #69 | 2.5 |
| 1974 | 4,563 | #63 | 2.9 |
| 1973 | 5,064 | #59 | 3.2 |
| 1972 | 6,348 | #49 | 3.9 |
| 1971 | 7,340 | #46 | 4.2 |
| 1970 | 8,448 | #41 | 4.5 |
| 1969 | 8,098 | #42 | 4.5 |
| 1968 | 7,976 | #40 | 4.6 |
| 1967 | 7,933 | #40 | 4.5 |
| 1966 | 6,905 | #48 | 3.9 |
| 1965 | 5,856 | #53 | 3.1 |
| 1964 | 6,308 | #57 | 3.2 |
| 1963 | 5,971 | #66 | 2.9 |
| 1962 | 6,048 | #67 | 2.9 |
| 1961 | 4,259 | #100 | 2.0 |
| 1960 | 2,056 | #162 | 1.0 |
| 1959 | 963 | #257 | 0.45 |
| 1958 | 765 | #278 | 0.36 |
| 1957 | 777 | #269 | 0.36 |
| 1956 | 705 | #279 | 0.33 |
| 1955 | 671 | #276 | 0.33 |
| 1954 | 697 | #268 | 0.34 |
| 1953 | 686 | #267 | 0.35 |
| 1952 | 671 | #265 | 0.35 |
| 1951 | 625 | #271 | 0.33 |
| 1950 | 637 | #258 | 0.36 |
| 1949 | 620 | #262 | 0.35 |
| 1948 | 653 | #254 | 0.37 |
| 1947 | 669 | #259 | 0.37 |
| 1946 | 636 | #244 | 0.39 |
| 1945 | 615 | #220 | 0.46 |
| 1944 | 630 | #218 | 0.46 |
| 1943 | 632 | #228 | 0.44 |
| 1942 | 574 | #235 | 0.42 |
| 1941 | 569 | #226 | 0.46 |
| 1940 | 577 | #218 | 0.50 |
| 1939 | 586 | #210 | 0.53 |
| 1938 | 546 | #220 | 0.49 |
| 1937 | 541 | #221 | 0.51 |
| 1936 | 534 | #218 | 0.51 |
| 1935 | 547 | #218 | 0.53 |
| 1934 | 540 | #222 | 0.52 |
| 1933 | 518 | #223 | 0.52 |
| 1932 | 540 | #223 | 0.52 |
| 1931 | 485 | #238 | 0.47 |
| 1930 | 533 | #240 | 0.49 |
| 1929 | 506 | #243 | 0.47 |
| 1928 | 562 | #232 | 0.51 |
| 1927 | 559 | #237 | 0.50 |
| 1926 | 522 | #246 | 0.47 |
| 1925 | 517 | #250 | 0.46 |
| 1924 | 559 | #243 | 0.49 |
| 1923 | 512 | #247 | 0.47 |
| 1922 | 502 | #251 | 0.46 |
| 1921 | 532 | #243 | 0.48 |
| 1920 | 519 | #242 | 0.49 |
| 1919 | 499 | #237 | 0.51 |
| 1918 | 454 | #248 | 0.45 |
| 1917 | 394 | #255 | 0.43 |
| 1916 | 442 | #237 | 0.50 |
| 1915 | 415 | #238 | 0.49 |
| 1914 | 307 | #245 | 0.47 |
| 1913 | 218 | #258 | 0.43 |
| 1912 | 202 | #247 | 0.47 |
| 1911 | 100 | #260 | 0.44 |
| 1910 | 90 | #255 | 0.46 |
| 1909 | 64 | #282 | 0.39 |
| 1908 | 87 | #223 | 0.56 |
| 1907 | 72 | #247 | 0.49 |
| 1906 | 54 | #269 | 0.41 |
| 1905 | 59 | #258 | 0.45 |
| 1904 | 69 | #227 | 0.54 |
| 1903 | 46 | #276 | 0.39 |
| 1902 | 59 | #241 | 0.48 |
| 1901 | 41 | #271 | 0.39 |
| 1900 | 69 | #247 | 0.46 |
| 1899 | 28 | #345 | 0.26 |
| 1898 | 36 | #323 | 0.29 |
| 1897 | 31 | #338 | 0.27 |
| 1896 | 32 | #336 | 0.27 |
| 1895 | 29 | #346 | 0.25 |
| 1894 | 50 | #247 | 0.43 |
| 1893 | 25 | #367 | 0.22 |
| 1892 | 29 | #356 | 0.24 |
| 1891 | 23 | #363 | 0.23 |
| 1890 | 16 | #485 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 16 | #480 | 0.14 |
| 1888 | 20 | #429 | 0.17 |
| 1887 | 12 | #539 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 19 | #415 | 0.17 |
| 1885 | 18 | #437 | 0.17 |
| 1884 | 11 | #606 | 0.10 |
| 1883 | 13 | #524 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 16 | #467 | 0.14 |
| 1881 | 6 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 8 | #742 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Troy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 218,982 Americans recorded as Troy, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 563 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Troy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Troy, and how old are they?
179,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 82% of the 218,982 Americans ever recorded as Troy. The median Troy alive today is 51 years old; half are between 33 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 162,599 people named Troy (1,228 women and girls, 161,371 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 183,499 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,090 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 26,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 78,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 37,400 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 24,200 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 11,500 |
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 Troy born?
The states with the most babies named Troy are California, Texas and Ohio, with 20% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 18,368 | #519 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 15,756 | #500 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 9,521 | #468 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 9,153 | #355 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 8,508 | #568 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 8,105 | #705 | 0.7× |
| Louisiana | 8,104 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Florida | 7,820 | #541 | 1.0× |
| New York | 7,780 | #447 | 0.5× |
| Indiana | 6,506 | #665 | 1.2× |
Where Troy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Troy is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 1.9 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 Troy 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 5 names spelled alike, given to 236,085 babies since 1880, Troy is the most given (93% of them). In 2025 it was given to 563 of their 617 babies (91%), again the most given.
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 Troy
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 Troy and names like it
- Compare Troy and ToryBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sTroy peaked in 1970.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Troy since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Troy: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1970The year the most babies were named Troy.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Troy alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with TMost given first.