Meaning not yet researched.
Troy: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 563 in 2025. Its best rank was #40 in 1968.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #40 in 1968; #533 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Troy in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#533 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1968, at #40.
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Troy: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 563 boys in 2025. Peak: #40 in 1968 · most boys in one year: 8,448 (1970).
In 2025, 563 US boys were named Troy, making it the 533rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 3 places from #530 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 562 boys named Troy in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #40, reached in 1968. The most boys given the name in a single year was 8,448, in 1970. For comparison, it was #301 in 2015 and #258 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Troy in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 8 babies with the name. In all, 218,982 US babies have been given the name, 1.2% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 62,231 babies named Troy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,669 US boys were named Troy; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,106. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,034 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Troy ranked highest in Rhode Island in 2025, at #231 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Tru (6,324 babies since 1880) and True (4,665 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Troi, Truu and Troye are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Troi (1,088), Truu (250), Troye (97), Troya (58).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Troy in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 20 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 5 | #231 | #235 |
| Pennsylvania | 32 | #355 | #262 |
| Oklahoma | 12 | #392 | #373 |
| Colorado | 14 | #437 | #347 |
| Nevada | 7 | #439 | #172 |
| New York | 39 | #447 | #310 |
| Georgia | 24 | #461 | #318 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | #465 | #216 |
| Ohio | 23 | #468 | #269 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #494 | #320 |
| Texas | 68 | #500 | #283 |
| North Carolina | 20 | #511 | #285 |
| California | 60 | #519 | #271 |
| Florida | 33 | #541 | #230 |
| Minnesota | 10 | #547 | #368 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #548 | #368 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #550 | #278 |
| Arizona | 13 | #557 | #316 |
| Maryland | 9 | #565 | #203 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #566 | #490 |
| Michigan | 15 | #568 | #301 |
| Washington | 13 | #569 | #296 |
| Virginia | 13 | #582 | #284 |
| Missouri | 10 | #595 | #389 |
| Indiana | 10 | #665 | #452 |
| Alabama | 7 | #680 | #297 |
| Utah | 6 | #696 | #394 |
| Oregon | 5 | #698 | #398 |
| New Jersey | 10 | #699 | #256 |
| Illinois | 13 | #705 | #559 |
| Tennessee | 9 | #767 | #398 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 563 | #533 |
| 2024 | — | — | 562 | #530 |
| 2023 | 8 | #12,105 | 665 | #463 |
| 2022 | 7 | #13,470 | 650 | #475 |
| 2021 | 7 | #13,364 | 737 | #419 |
| 2020 | 11 | #9,500 | 718 | #415 |
| 2019 | 8 | #12,361 | 805 | #390 |
| 2018 | 5 | #17,943 | 912 | #364 |
| 2017 | 6 | #15,771 | 951 | #351 |
| 2016 | 6 | #16,091 | 1,106 | #316 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,926 | 1,203 | #301 |
| 2014 | 7 | #14,463 | 1,327 | #276 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,288 | #274 |
| 2012 | 7 | #14,869 | 1,393 | #259 |
| 2011 | 5 | #19,392 | 1,463 | #244 |
| 2010 | 8 | #13,366 | 1,384 | #248 |
| 2009 | 5 | #20,012 | 1,488 | #238 |
| 2008 | 5 | #20,276 | 1,598 | #231 |
| 2007 | 12 | #10,099 | 1,603 | #231 |
| 2006 | 9 | #12,365 | 1,583 | #229 |
| 2005 | 5 | #19,008 | 1,525 | #226 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,685 | 1,502 | #227 |
| 2003 | — | — | 1,284 | #256 |
| 2002 | 9 | #11,050 | 1,301 | #250 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,990 | 1,356 | #247 |
| 2000 | 11 | #9,134 | 1,514 | #225 |
| 1999 | 14 | #7,211 | 1,672 | #205 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,553 | 1,821 | #184 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,713 | 1,998 | #170 |
| 1996 | 20 | #5,052 | 2,239 | #155 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,209 | 2,470 | #140 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,237 | 2,843 | #123 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,676 | 2,648 | #131 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,707 | 2,288 | #146 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,994 | 2,336 | #137 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,462 | 2,505 | #128 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,515 | 2,636 | #124 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,889 | 2,344 | #124 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,276 | 2,295 | #122 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,272 | 2,249 | #123 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,846 | 2,316 | #123 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,716 | 2,412 | #114 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,437 | 2,406 | #113 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,524 | 2,533 | #115 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,331 | 2,512 | #114 |
| 1980 | 47 | #2,187 | 2,831 | #106 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,769 | 2,964 | #99 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,092 | 3,152 | #88 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,711 | 3,307 | #88 |
| 1976 | 37 | #2,291 | 3,715 | #73 |
| 1975 | 40 | #2,167 | 3,951 | #69 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,344 | 4,563 | #63 |
| 1973 | 44 | #1,912 | 5,064 | #59 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,672 | 6,348 | #49 |
| 1971 | 63 | #1,557 | 7,340 | #46 |
| 1970 | 97 | #1,190 | 8,448 | #41 |
| 1969 | 74 | #1,324 | 8,098 | #42 |
| 1968 | 73 | #1,299 | 7,976 | #40 |
| 1967 | 76 | #1,226 | 7,933 | #40 |
| 1966 | 66 | #1,349 | 6,905 | #48 |
| 1965 | 58 | #1,462 | 5,856 | #53 |
| 1964 | 77 | #1,264 | 6,308 | #57 |
| 1963 | 102 | #1,072 | 5,971 | #66 |
| 1962 | 99 | #1,100 | 6,048 | #67 |
| 1961 | 119 | #996 | 4,259 | #100 |
| 1960 | 77 | #1,252 | 2,056 | #162 |
| 1959 | 50 | #1,550 | 963 | #257 |
| 1958 | 42 | #1,678 | 765 | #278 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,900 | 777 | #269 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,053 | 705 | #279 |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,339 | 671 | #276 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,377 | 697 | #268 |
| 1953 | 20 | #2,428 | 686 | #267 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,880 | 671 | #265 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,469 | 625 | #271 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,528 | 637 | #258 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,614 | 620 | #262 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,329 | 653 | #254 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,220 | 669 | #259 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,224 | 636 | #244 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,230 | 615 | #220 |
| 1944 | 19 | #2,023 | 630 | #218 |
| 1943 | 11 | #3,023 | 632 | #228 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,804 | 574 | #235 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,931 | 569 | #226 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,566 | 577 | #218 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,789 | 586 | #210 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,919 | 546 | #220 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,187 | 541 | #221 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,353 | 534 | #218 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,910 | 547 | #218 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,774 | 540 | #222 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,766 | 518 | #223 |
| 1932 | 17 | #2,028 | 540 | #223 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,572 | 485 | #238 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,866 | 533 | #240 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,885 | 506 | #243 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,276 | 562 | #232 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,266 | 559 | #237 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,151 | 522 | #246 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,185 | 517 | #250 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,654 | 559 | #243 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,450 | 512 | #247 |
| 1922 | 11 | #3,135 | 502 | #251 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,377 | 532 | #243 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,943 | 519 | #242 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,374 | 499 | #237 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,198 | 454 | #248 |
| 1917 | 10 | #3,064 | 394 | #255 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,486 | 442 | #237 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,789 | 415 | #238 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,851 | 307 | #245 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,661 | 218 | #258 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,340 | 202 | #247 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,943 | 100 | #260 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,755 | 90 | #255 |
| 1909 | — | — | 64 | #282 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,845 | 87 | #223 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,501 | 72 | #247 |
| 1906 | — | — | 54 | #269 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,210 | 59 | #258 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,145 | 69 | #227 |
| 1903 | — | — | 46 | #276 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,778 | 59 | #241 |
| 1901 | — | — | 41 | #271 |
| 1900 | — | — | 69 | #247 |
| 1899 | — | — | 28 | #345 |
| 1898 | — | — | 36 | #323 |
| 1897 | — | — | 31 | #338 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,803 | 32 | #336 |
| 1895 | — | — | 29 | #346 |
| 1894 | — | — | 50 | #247 |
| 1893 | — | — | 25 | #367 |
| 1892 | — | — | 29 | #356 |
| 1891 | — | — | 23 | #363 |
| 1890 | — | — | 16 | #485 |
| 1889 | — | — | 16 | #480 |
| 1888 | — | — | 20 | #429 |
| 1887 | — | — | 12 | #539 |
| 1886 | — | — | 19 | #415 |
| 1885 | — | — | 18 | #437 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #606 |
| 1883 | — | — | 13 | #524 |
| 1882 | — | — | 16 | #467 |
| 1881 | — | — | 6 | #859 |
| 1880 | — | — | 8 | #742 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).