Is Troy a boy or girl name?
Troy is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 560 boys were named Troy, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 1.2% of the 218,410 US babies named Troy were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #531
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Troy since 1880
- 218,410
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 8,545 babies
Boys and girls named Troy, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 299 | 5 | 1.6% |
| 1900s | 620 | 32 | 4.9% |
| 1910s | 3,121 | 108 | 3.3% |
| 1920s | 5,290 | 153 | 2.8% |
| 1930s | 5,370 | 139 | 2.5% |
| 1940s | 6,175 | 135 | 2.1% |
| 1950s | 7,198 | 262 | 3.5% |
| 1960s | 61,410 | 821 | 1.3% |
| 1970s | 48,849 | 447 | 0.9% |
| 1980s | 24,535 | 231 | 0.9% |
| 1990s | 22,820 | 171 | 0.7% |
| 2000s | 14,753 | 77 | 0.5% |
| 2010s | 11,829 | 60 | 0.5% |
| 2020s | 3,328 | 33 | 1% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 560 | #531 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 664 | #461 | 8 | #12,089 |
| 2022 | 650 | #472 | 7 | #13,462 |
| 2021 | 737 | #418 | 7 | #13,358 |
| 2020 | 717 | #414 | 11 | #9,497 |
| 2019 | 805 | #389 | 8 | #12,359 |
| 2018 | 912 | #363 | 5 | #17,939 |
| 2017 | 951 | #351 | 6 | #15,768 |
| 2016 | 1,106 | #316 | 6 | #16,086 |
| 2015 | 1,203 | #301 | 8 | #12,924 |
| 2014 | 1,327 | #276 | 7 | #14,458 |
| 2013 | 1,287 | #274 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1,393 | #259 | 7 | #14,869 |
| 2011 | 1,461 | #244 | 5 | #19,391 |
| 2010 | 1,384 | #248 | 8 | #13,364 |
| 2009 | 1,488 | #238 | 5 | #20,010 |
| 2008 | 1,597 | #231 | 5 | #20,273 |
| 2007 | 1,603 | #231 | 12 | #10,099 |
| 2006 | 1,583 | #229 | 9 | #12,365 |
| 2005 | 1,525 | #226 | 5 | #19,005 |
| 2004 | 1,502 | #227 | 13 | #8,685 |
| 2003 | 1,284 | #256 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1,301 | #250 | 9 | #11,050 |
| 2001 | 1,356 | #247 | 8 | #11,990 |
| 2000 | 1,514 | #225 | 11 | #9,134 |
| 1999 | 1,672 | #205 | 14 | #7,211 |
| 1998 | 1,821 | #184 | 11 | #8,553 |
| 1997 | 1,998 | #170 | 12 | #7,712 |
| 1996 | 2,239 | #155 | 20 | #5,052 |
| 1995 | 2,470 | #140 | 25 | #4,209 |
| 1994 | 2,843 | #123 | 19 | #5,237 |
| 1993 | 2,648 | #131 | 30 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 2,288 | #146 | 10 | #8,707 |
| 1991 | 2,336 | #137 | 20 | #4,994 |
| 1990 | 2,505 | #128 | 10 | #8,462 |
| 1989 | 2,636 | #124 | 13 | #6,516 |
| 1988 | 2,344 | #124 | 24 | #3,889 |
| 1987 | 2,294 | #122 | 20 | #4,276 |
| 1986 | 2,249 | #123 | 28 | #3,273 |
| 1985 | 2,316 | #123 | 22 | #3,846 |
| 1984 | 2,411 | #114 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 1983 | 2,407 | #113 | 13 | #5,437 |
| 1982 | 2,534 | #115 | 24 | #3,524 |
| 1981 | 2,512 | #114 | 18 | #4,332 |
| 1980 | 2,832 | #106 | 47 | #2,187 |
| 1979 | 2,962 | #99 | 21 | #3,769 |
| 1978 | 3,153 | #88 | 26 | #3,092 |
| 1977 | 3,306 | #88 | 31 | #2,711 |
| 1976 | 3,715 | #73 | 37 | #2,290 |
| 1975 | 3,951 | #69 | 40 | #2,167 |
| 1974 | 4,564 | #63 | 34 | #2,344 |
| 1973 | 5,065 | #59 | 44 | #1,913 |
| 1972 | 6,347 | #49 | 54 | #1,672 |
| 1971 | 7,338 | #46 | 63 | #1,557 |
| 1970 | 8,448 | #41 | 97 | #1,190 |
| 1969 | 8,099 | #42 | 74 | #1,325 |
| 1968 | 7,977 | #40 | 73 | #1,299 |
| 1967 | 7,933 | #40 | 76 | #1,226 |
| 1966 | 6,905 | #48 | 66 | #1,349 |
| 1965 | 5,857 | #53 | 58 | #1,462 |
| 1964 | 6,307 | #57 | 77 | #1,264 |
| 1963 | 5,970 | #66 | 102 | #1,072 |
| 1962 | 6,047 | #67 | 99 | #1,100 |
| 1961 | 4,260 | #100 | 119 | #995 |
| 1960 | 2,055 | #162 | 77 | #1,252 |
| 1959 | 963 | #257 | 50 | #1,551 |
| 1958 | 765 | #278 | 42 | #1,678 |
| 1957 | 778 | #269 | 34 | #1,900 |
| 1956 | 705 | #279 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1955 | 671 | #276 | 23 | #2,339 |
| 1954 | 697 | #268 | 22 | #2,377 |
| 1953 | 686 | #267 | 20 | #2,428 |
| 1952 | 671 | #265 | 7 | #4,881 |
| 1951 | 625 | #271 | 18 | #2,469 |
| 1950 | 637 | #258 | 17 | #2,528 |
| 1949 | 620 | #262 | 16 | #2,614 |
| 1948 | 653 | #254 | 11 | #3,329 |
| 1947 | 669 | #259 | 12 | #3,220 |
| 1946 | 636 | #244 | 19 | #2,224 |
| 1945 | 614 | #220 | 16 | #2,230 |
| 1944 | 631 | #218 | 19 | #2,023 |
| 1943 | 632 | #228 | 11 | #3,023 |
| 1942 | 574 | #235 | 12 | #2,804 |
| 1941 | 569 | #226 | 7 | #3,931 |
| 1940 | 577 | #218 | 12 | #2,566 |
| 1939 | 586 | #210 | 20 | #1,789 |
| 1938 | 546 | #220 | 10 | #2,919 |
| 1937 | 541 | #221 | 15 | #2,187 |
| 1936 | 534 | #218 | 8 | #3,353 |
| 1935 | 547 | #218 | 10 | #2,910 |
| 1934 | 540 | #222 | 7 | #3,774 |
| 1933 | 518 | #223 | 20 | #1,766 |
| 1932 | 540 | #223 | 17 | #2,028 |
| 1931 | 485 | #238 | 12 | #2,572 |
| 1930 | 533 | #240 | 20 | #1,866 |
| 1929 | 506 | #242 | 20 | #1,885 |
| 1928 | 562 | #232 | 16 | #2,276 |
| 1927 | 559 | #237 | 10 | #3,267 |
| 1926 | 522 | #246 | 18 | #2,151 |
| 1925 | 517 | #250 | 18 | #2,185 |
| 1924 | 559 | #243 | 14 | #2,654 |
| 1923 | 512 | #247 | 15 | #2,450 |
| 1922 | 502 | #251 | 11 | #3,135 |
| 1921 | 532 | #243 | 10 | #3,377 |
| 1920 | 519 | #242 | 21 | #1,943 |
| 1919 | 499 | #237 | 15 | #2,374 |
| 1918 | 454 | #248 | 17 | #2,198 |
| 1917 | 394 | #255 | 10 | #3,064 |
| 1916 | 442 | #237 | 13 | #2,486 |
| 1915 | 415 | #238 | 19 | #1,789 |
| 1914 | 307 | #245 | 8 | #2,851 |
| 1913 | 218 | #258 | 5 | #3,661 |
| 1912 | 202 | #247 | 8 | #2,340 |
| 1911 | 100 | #260 | 8 | #1,943 |
| 1910 | 90 | #255 | 5 | #2,755 |
| 1909 | 64 | #282 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 87 | #223 | 7 | #1,845 |
| 1907 | 72 | #247 | 9 | #1,501 |
| 1906 | 54 | #269 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 59 | #258 | 5 | #2,210 |
| 1904 | 69 | #227 | 5 | #2,145 |
| 1903 | 46 | #276 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 59 | #241 | 6 | #1,778 |
| 1901 | 41 | #271 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 69 | #247 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 28 | #345 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 36 | #323 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 31 | #338 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 32 | #336 | 5 | #1,803 |
| 1895 | 29 | #346 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 50 | #247 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 25 | #367 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 29 | #356 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 23 | #363 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 16 | #485 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 16 | #480 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 20 | #429 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 12 | #539 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 19 | #415 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 18 | #437 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 11 | #606 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 13 | #524 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 16 | #467 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 6 | #859 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 8 | #742 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Troy reached #40 in 1967. As a girl name, it reached #995 in 1961. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1970s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.