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How popular is “Loy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Loy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Loy” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Loy” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Loy” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Loy” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Loy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Loy” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 -100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 -100%
1894 14 0.000041336 14 -100%
1895 14 0.000039884 5 9 -29%
1896 12 0.000033568 5 7 -17%
1897 11 0.000031704 11 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1899 15 0.000044217 5 10 -33%
1900 15 0.000033314 15 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1902 13 0.000033615 13 -100%
1903 20 0.000052466 20 -100%
1904 8 0.000019827 8 -100%
1905 10 0.000023589 10 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 21 0.000045123 5 16 -52%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1909 22 0.000043034 22 -100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 -100%
1911 22 0.000034147 10 12 -9%
1912 35 0.000035423 12 23 -31%
1913 43 0.000037815 5 38 -77%
1914 59 0.000041657 13 46 -56%
1915 95 0.000051844 8 87 -83%
1916 100 0.000051695 20 80 -60%
1917 98 0.000048835 16 82 -67%
1918 92 0.000042375 13 79 -72%
1919 104 0.000049283 21 83 -60%
1920 105 0.000046406 17 88 -68%
1921 94 0.000040265 14 80 -70%
1922 102 0.000044558 9 93 -82%
1923 83 0.000036048 8 75 -81%
1924 94 0.000039469 6 88 -87%
1925 86 0.000036858 8 78 -81%
1926 105 0.000045734 12 93 -77%
1927 86 0.000037079 13 73 -70%
1928 95 0.000042018 10 85 -79%
1929 88 0.000040143 16 72 -64%
1930 104 0.000046778 18 86 -65%
1931 92 0.000043718 13 79 -72%
1932 95 0.000044996 12 83 -75%
1933 93 0.000046513 12 81 -74%
1934 100 0.000048151 16 84 -68%
1935 100 0.000047849 21 79 -58%
1936 78 0.000037544 11 67 -72%
1937 95 0.000044587 23 72 -52%
1938 109 0.000049264 28 81 -49%
1939 85 0.000038576 26 59 -39%
1940 88 0.000038216 29 59 -34%
1941 88 0.000036118 26 62 -41%
1942 75 0.000027454 15 60 -60%
1943 89 0.000031532 15 74 -66%
1944 62 0.000023048 14 48 -55%
1945 84 0.000031663 24 60 -43%
1946 79 0.000024724 21 58 -47%
1947 68 0.000018877 14 54 -59%
1948 74 0.000021434 10 64 -73%
1949 71 0.000020374 11 60 -69%
1950 68 0.00001941 19 49 -44%
1951 62 0.000016831 22 40 -29%
1952 69 0.000018167 14 55 -59%
1953 70 0.000018165 15 55 -57%
1954 67 0.000016831 23 44 -31%
1955 49 0.000012204 16 33 -35%
1956 54 0.000013097 6 48 -78%
1957 56 0.000013327 18 38 -36%
1958 65 0.000015724 15 50 -54%
1959 52 0.000012506 13 39 -50%
1960 52 0.000012519 9 43 -65%
1961 49 0.000011829 13 36 -47%
1962 40 0.000009912 12 28 -40%
1963 42 0.000010611 5 37 -76%
1964 32 0.000008231 7 25 -56%
1965 34 0.000009378 8 26 -53%
1966 34 0.000009782 8 26 -53%
1967 35 0.00001031 6 29 -66%
1968 24 0.000007104 6 18 -50%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 -100%
1970 23 0.000006377 23 -100%
1971 27 0.000007866 5 22 -63%
1972 33 0.0000105 5 28 -70%
1973 22 0.000007292 6 16 -45%
1974 18 0.000005921 5 13 -44%
1975 16 0.000005299 16 -100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 -100%
1977 17 0.000005352 17 -100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 -100%
1979 17 0.00000511 17 -100%
1980 13 0.000003774 13 -100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 -100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 -100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 -100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 -100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 -100%

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