Is Loy a boy or girl name?

Loy is a unisex name, given to both boys and girls in the US.

Loy isn't in the current US top charts, but 4,983 babies have been given the name since 1880.

Unisex nameNot in the current top chartsSteady

Loy

//ˈlɔɪ//

1 syllablePeak year: 19383 lettersStarts with L

Meaning & origin

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Loy's popularity over time

Yearly US births named Loy, Social Security Administration data
Year	Births named Loy
1881	5
1884	5
1886	6
1887	6
1888	8
1889	8
1891	5
1893	12
1894	14
1895	14
1896	12
1897	11
1898	5
1899	15
1900	15
1901	5
1902	13
1903	20
1904	8
1905	10
1906	7
1907	21
1908	6
1909	22
1910	13
1911	22
1912	35
1913	43
1914	59
1915	95
1916	100
1917	98
1918	92
1919	104
1920	105
1921	94
1922	102
1923	83
1924	94
1925	86
1926	105
1927	86
1928	95
1929	88
1930	104
1931	92
1932	95
1933	93
1934	100
1935	100
1936	78
1937	95
1938	109
1939	85
1940	88
1941	88
1942	75
1943	89
1944	62
1945	84
1946	79
1947	68
1948	74
1949	71
1950	68
1951	62
1952	69
1953	70
1954	67
1955	49
1956	54
1957	56
1958	65
1959	52
1960	52
1961	49
1962	40
1963	42
1964	32
1965	34
1966	34
1967	35
1968	24
1969	16
1970	23
1971	27
1972	33
1973	22
1974	18
1975	16
1976	10
1977	17
1978	16
1979	17
1980	13
1981	16
1982	10
1983	8
1984	7
1986	11
1987	7
1988	11
1989	5
1990	7
1991	8
1992	11
1993	12
1995	6
1996	6
1997	6
1998	10
2000	6
2002	6
2003	6
2004	8
2005	5
2006	6
2007	8
2009	6
2011	8
2017	5
2018	8
2021	7

Loy through the decades

Loy peaked in 1938, when 109 babies were named Loy in the US.
Over the last 10 years of data (2003–2021), use of Loy has fallen 14% compared to the 10 years before that.

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