Loyal
Mostly boys · LOY-ul · English
Loyal is a name of English origin, meaning “faithful, true”. In 2025 it ranked 980th for boys in the US (233 babies).
What does Loyal mean?
English: English word name, via Old French loial from Latin legalis
“faithful, true”
An English virtue name; the word comes from Old French loial, from Latin legalis, lawful.
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Is Loyal a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Loyal has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls and 233 boys in the US.
How popular is Loyal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #980among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 233about 1 in 7,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 135% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 233 boys in the US were named Loyal, making it the 980th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,053rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 377 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882. 21 girls were also named Loyal in 2025 (5,721st for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Loyal than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Loyal in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8% of the babies named Loyal in the US were girls.
Loyal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 233 | #980 |
| 2024 | 275 | #877 |
| 2023 | 356 | #738 |
| 2022 | 377 | #700 |
| 2021 | 336 | #754 |
| 2020 | 190 | #1,053 |
| 2019 | 106 | #1,574 |
| 2018 | 71 | #2,028 |
| 2017 | 72 | #1,977 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,305 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,019 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,173 |
| 2013 | 44 | #2,666 |
| 2012 | 43 | #2,771 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 24 | #1,572 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1963 | 30 | #1,425 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,545 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,485 |
| 1959 | 30 | #1,438 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,582 |
| 1956 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1955 | 25 | #1,537 |
| 1954 | 25 | #1,524 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,037 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,429 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,104 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,461 |
| 1948 | 50 | #988 |
| 1947 | 52 | #983 |
| 1946 | 47 | #980 |
| 1945 | 57 | #830 |
| 1944 | 50 | #898 |
| 1943 | 67 | #803 |
| 1942 | 55 | #888 |
| 1941 | 54 | #858 |
| 1940 | 45 | #952 |
| 1939 | 50 | #867 |
| 1938 | 52 | #860 |
| 1937 | 48 | #896 |
| 1936 | 64 | #756 |
| 1935 | 45 | #940 |
| 1934 | 51 | #881 |
| 1933 | 60 | #788 |
| 1932 | 77 | #703 |
| 1931 | 85 | #643 |
| 1930 | 62 | #824 |
| 1929 | 68 | #781 |
| 1928 | 78 | #722 |
| 1927 | 75 | #754 |
| 1926 | 74 | #745 |
| 1925 | 98 | #641 |
| 1924 | 89 | #691 |
| 1923 | 105 | #620 |
| 1922 | 85 | #709 |
| 1921 | 85 | #707 |
| 1920 | 94 | #653 |
| 1919 | 95 | #619 |
| 1918 | 106 | #592 |
| 1917 | 74 | #706 |
| 1916 | 77 | #677 |
| 1915 | 68 | #715 |
| 1914 | 71 | #599 |
| 1913 | 45 | #667 |
| 1912 | 44 | #622 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 21 | #634 |
| 1909 | 17 | #653 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 11 | #814 |
| 1906 | 17 | #568 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 10 | #760 |
| 1903 | 14 | #595 |
| 1902 | 11 | #686 |
| 1901 | 10 | #683 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 11 | #630 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 11 | #640 |
| 1891 | 11 | #564 |
| 1890 | 13 | #533 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
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