NameTides

Loyal

Loyal was the #980 boys' name in the US in 2025 (233 babies).

Loyal as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Loyal as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020US
Loyal as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#980 (233)——
2024#877 (275)——
2023#738 (356)—#2,336 (7)
2022#700 (377)#4,002 (4)—
2021#754 (336)—#1,653 (11)
2020#1,053 (190)#4,608 (3)—
2019#1,574 (106)——
2018#2,029 (71)——
2017#1,977 (72)——
2016#2,305 (57)——
2015#2,019 (71)——
2014#2,175 (62)——
2013#2,668 (44)——
2012#2,772 (43)——
2011#3,046 (37)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #700.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • In 2025, 8% of US babies named Loyal were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Loyal is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,800 to 1 in 9,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Loyal by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #677ILMichigan: #768MINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #711INOhio: #750OHPennsylvania: #792PANew Jersey: #829NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #573ALGeorgia: #464GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,070TXFlorida: #1,009FL
Loyal (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LoyalCanadaBoys—too few
LoyalEngland & WalesBoys—too few
LoyalUSGirls#5,72221
LoyalUSBoys#980233