Loy
Boy · LOY
Loy is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Loy come from?
English surname, or a short form of names such as Eloy
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Is Loy a girl's or a boy's name?
Loy is a boys' name.
How popular is Loy in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1922, with 93 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Loy in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1952, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1972, 15% of the babies named Loy in the US were girls.
Loy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,648 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,846 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,410 |
| 1966 | 26 | #1,509 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 25 | #1,580 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,254 |
| 1962 | 28 | #1,478 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,321 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,192 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,246 |
| 1958 | 50 | #1,080 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,266 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,091 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,312 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,121 |
| 1953 | 55 | #965 |
| 1952 | 55 | #964 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,138 |
| 1950 | 49 | #988 |
| 1949 | 60 | #884 |
| 1948 | 64 | #851 |
| 1947 | 54 | #967 |
| 1946 | 58 | #862 |
| 1945 | 60 | #798 |
| 1944 | 48 | #918 |
| 1943 | 74 | #751 |
| 1942 | 60 | #839 |
| 1941 | 62 | #798 |
| 1940 | 59 | #810 |
| 1939 | 59 | #794 |
| 1938 | 81 | #667 |
| 1937 | 72 | #706 |
| 1936 | 67 | #736 |
| 1935 | 79 | #670 |
| 1934 | 84 | #657 |
| 1933 | 81 | #642 |
| 1932 | 83 | #668 |
| 1931 | 79 | #673 |
| 1930 | 86 | #672 |
| 1929 | 72 | #742 |
| 1928 | 85 | #685 |
| 1927 | 73 | #766 |
| 1926 | 93 | #654 |
| 1925 | 78 | #739 |
| 1924 | 88 | #696 |
| 1923 | 75 | #755 |
| 1922 | 93 | #666 |
| 1921 | 80 | #737 |
| 1920 | 88 | #680 |
| 1919 | 83 | #682 |
| 1918 | 79 | #710 |
| 1917 | 82 | #660 |
| 1916 | 80 | #657 |
| 1915 | 87 | #616 |
| 1914 | 46 | #777 |
| 1913 | 38 | #759 |
| 1912 | 23 | #935 |
| 1911 | 12 | #981 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 22 | #558 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 16 | #634 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 10 | #786 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 20 | #470 |
| 1902 | 13 | #614 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 15 | #648 |
| 1899 | 10 | #661 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 11 | #652 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 9 | #738 |
| 1894 | 14 | #543 |
| 1893 | 12 | #572 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 8 | #722 |
| 1888 | 8 | #755 |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
Names like Loy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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