Foy*
#2,723 most common boys' name of all time · #6,555 across all names · 83% male / 17% female · used 1889–2005 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#2,723
Rank overall
#6,555 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
88 of 146
All-time
2,533
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #842
Best rank
#663 1905
Girls
Boys
peak 81/yr
Foy first appears in 1889. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,201 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,816 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,034 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,329 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,465 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,605 |
| 1978 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,644 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,933 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,008 |
| 1975 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,931 |
| 1974 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,892 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,076 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,434 |
| 1970 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,930 |
| 1969 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,153 |
| 1968 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1967 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,505 |
| 1966 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 1965 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,109 |
| 1963 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,233 |
| 1962 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,211 |
| 1961 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,451 |
| 1960 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,989 |
| 1959 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,884 |
| 1958 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,121 |
| 1957 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,728 |
| 1956 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,967 |
| 1955 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1954 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,447 |
| 1953 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,488 |
| 1952 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1951 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,616 |
| 1950 | 5 | 23 | 28 | #1,547 |
| 1949 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,594 |
| 1948 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,361 |
| 1947 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,412 |
| 1946 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,104 |
| 1945 | 5 | 26 | 31 | #1,309 |
| 1944 | 6 | 34 | 40 | #1,146 |
| 1943 | 9 | 40 | 49 | #1,081 |
| 1942 | 6 | 35 | 41 | #1,182 |
| 1941 | 5 | 37 | 42 | #1,077 |
| 1940 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,150 |
| 1939 | 6 | 47 | 53 | #911 |
| 1938 | 8 | 32 | 40 | #1,162 |
| 1937 | 5 | 29 | 34 | #1,250 |
| 1936 | 10 | 44 | 54 | #936 |
| 1935 | 9 | 35 | 44 | #1,117 |
| 1934 | 6 | 30 | 36 | #1,229 |
| 1933 | 8 | 31 | 39 | #1,194 |
| 1932 | 8 | 43 | 51 | #1,020 |
| 1931 | 12 | 48 | 60 | #949 |
| 1930 | 14 | 37 | 51 | #1,167 |
| 1929 | 10 | 40 | 50 | #1,106 |
| 1928 | 10 | 50 | 60 | #974 |
| 1927 | 16 | 49 | 65 | #1,007 |
| 1926 | 13 | 51 | 64 | #961 |
| 1925 | 10 | 43 | 53 | #1,066 |
| 1924 | 14 | 62 | 76 | #883 |
| 1923 | 13 | 52 | 65 | #958 |
| 1922 | 13 | 62 | 75 | #881 |
| 1921 | 13 | 68 | 81 | #842 |
| 1920 | 15 | 45 | 60 | #1,040 |
| 1919 | 15 | 46 | 61 | #1,007 |
| 1918 | 16 | 53 | 69 | #913 |
| 1917 | 14 | 48 | 62 | #930 |
| 1916 | 9 | 46 | 55 | #949 |
| 1915 | 17 | 58 | 75 | #800 |
| 1914 | 13 | 41 | 54 | #849 |
| 1913 | 16 | 38 | 54 | #774 |
| 1912 | 18 | 25 | 43 | #913 |
| 1911 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #1,166 |
| 1910 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #1,100 |
| 1909 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #1,391 |
| 1908 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #1,004 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,356 |
| 1905 | — | 14 | 14 | #663 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1902 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1901 | — | 9 | 9 | #773 |
| 1900 | — | 10 | 10 | #896 |
| 1897 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,045 |
| 1896 | — | 8 | 8 | #894 |
| 1894 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,206 |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | #965 |