Girl name#1,779 of girl names
Floy
Pronounced F L OY1 (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 1918
- 92 years in use
How popular is Floy?
Floy is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 6,935 children — the 1,779th most common girls' name on record.
It has left circulation; 1971 is the last year it appears. Its best single year was 1918, when 225 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- F L OY1
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Floy
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Floy
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Floy?
- Floy ranks 1,779th among girls' names in US records, with 6,935 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 46.
- Is Floy a unisex name?
- No. Floy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Floy most popular?
- 1918, when 225 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 1971.