How Many People Are Named Loy?
people named Loy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 205,646 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,983 babies named Loy in Social Security records from 1881 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
109 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Loy, 21.9% were girls and 78.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1900s: 8.7% of the babies were girls then and 10.6% in the 1970s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Loy alive today is about 65 years old, and 70% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Loy first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1938, to 109 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Loy has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #479, in 1903. Among girls, its best rank was #1,427, in 1938 and 1940.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #479 (1903) | #1,427 (1938 and 1940) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #704 in the 1920s | #1,891 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Loy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Loy were born in Texas than in any other state: about 166 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Loy was given 12 times as often in Arkansas, 6.7 times in Oklahoma and 5.3 times in Texas.
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