How popular is the name Loy?

Loy ranks 1,620th among boys' names in US records, with 5,604 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 20.

Is Loy a unisex name?

No. Loy is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1926, when 108 children were given the name. It has been in use for 141 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Loye. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,620 of boy names

Pronounced L OY1 (ARPABET)

Loy is a boys' name, and first appears in 1881. It has been given to 5,604 children — the 1,620th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 20 births across the past decade, against a peak of 108 in a single year. That peak was in 1926.

Loye is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1926Boys: 108Girls: 12

These spellings sound identical to Loy and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Loy?: Loy ranks 1,620th among boys' names in US records, with 5,604 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 20.
Is Loy a unisex name?: No. Loy is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Loy most popular?: 1926, when 108 children were given the name. It has been in use for 141 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Loy spelled?: Loye. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.