Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Loy*

#1,739 most common boys' name of all time · #4,220 across all names · 83% male / 17% female · used 1881–2021 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,739
Rank overall
#4,220 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
123 of 146
All-time
4,983
Since 2016
20
Peak year
1938 #670
Best rank
#486 1903
Girls Boys peak 109/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Loy first appears in 1881. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2021 — 7 7 #9,744
2018 — 8 8 #8,832
2017 — 5 5 #12,282
2011 — 8 8 #8,792
2009 — 6 6 #11,022
2007 — 8 8 #8,936
2006 — 6 6 #10,702
2005 — 5 5 #11,511
2004 — 8 8 #8,172
2003 — 6 6 #9,619
2002 — 6 6 #9,416
2000 — 6 6 #9,153
1998 — 10 10 #5,861
1997 — 6 6 #8,143
1996 — 6 6 #7,999
1995 — 6 6 #7,832
1993 — 11 11 #5,022
1992 — 11 11 #4,890
1991 — 8 8 #5,968
1990 — 7 7 #6,451
1989 — 5 5 #7,947
1988 — 11 11 #4,184
1987 — 7 7 #5,496
1986 — 11 11 #3,907
1984 — 7 7 #5,009
1983 — 8 8 #4,529
1982 — 10 10 #3,985
1981 — 16 16 #2,797
1980 — 13 13 #3,270
1979 — 17 17 #2,683
1978 — 16 16 #2,694
1977 — 17 17 #2,570
1976 — 10 10 #3,490
1975 — 16 16 #2,557
1974 5 13 18 #2,818
1973 6 16 22 #2,420
1972 5 28 33 #1,654
1971 5 22 27 #1,930
1970 — 23 23 #1,852
1969 — 16 16 #2,148
1968 6 18 24 #1,906
1967 6 29 35 #1,422
1966 8 26 34 #1,516
1965 8 26 34 #1,524
1964 7 25 32 #1,588
1963 5 38 43 #1,262
1962 12 28 40 #1,491
1961 13 36 49 #1,327
1960 9 43 52 #1,197
1959 13 39 52 #1,253
1958 15 50 65 #1,083
1957 18 38 56 #1,272
1956 6 48 54 #1,095
1955 16 33 49 #1,323
1954 23 44 67 #1,125
1953 15 55 70 #970
1952 14 55 69 #967
1951 22 40 62 #1,145
1950 19 49 68 #997
1949 11 60 71 #890
1948 10 64 74 #854
1947 14 54 68 #972
1946 21 58 79 #865
1945 24 60 84 #805
1944 14 48 62 #925
1943 15 74 89 #758
1942 15 60 75 #847
1941 26 62 88 #804
1940 29 59 88 #815
1939 26 59 85 #798
1938 28 81 109 #670
1937 23 72 95 #709
1936 11 67 78 #740
1935 21 79 100 #675
1934 16 84 100 #661
1933 12 81 93 #645
1932 12 83 95 #672
1931 13 79 92 #676
1930 18 86 104 #675
1929 16 72 88 #749
1928 10 85 95 #688
1927 13 73 86 #771
1926 12 93 105 #655
1925 8 78 86 #742
1924 6 88 94 #701
1923 8 75 83 #762
1922 9 93 102 #672
1921 14 80 94 #742
1920 17 88 105 #684
1919 21 83 104 #685
1918 13 79 92 #718
1917 16 82 98 #662
1916 20 80 100 #658
1915 8 87 95 #618
1914 13 46 59 #783
1913 5 38 43 #769
1912 12 23 35 #951
1911 10 12 22 #1,011
1910 — 13 13 #904
1909 — 22 22 #570
1908 6 — 6 —
1907 5 16 21 #658
1906 — 7 7 #1,062
1905 — 10 10 #817
1904 — 8 8 #927
1903 — 20 20 #486
1902 — 13 13 #647
1901 — 5 5 #1,138
1900 — 15 15 #675
1899 5 10 15 #704
1898 — 5 5 #1,192
1897 — 11 11 #675
1896 5 7 12 #944
1895 5 9 14 #787
1894 — 14 14 #565
1893 — 12 12 #611
1891 — 5 5 #1,051
1889 — 8 8 #778
1888 — 8 8 #799
1887 — 6 6 #893
1886 — 6 6 #915
1884 — 5 5 #1,044
1881 — 5 5 #973