NameTides

Loyalty

Loyalty was the #1,833 girls' name in the US in 2025 (109 babies).

Loyalty as a girl’s name

  • US
Loyalty as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Loyalty as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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
YearUS
2025#1,833 (109)
2024#1,457 (150)
2023#1,085 (228)
2022#1,039 (246)
2021#965 (269)
2020#1,132 (211)
2019#1,054 (243)
2018#1,135 (215)
2017#1,451 (155)
2016#1,598 (138)
2015#1,996 (99)
2014#2,497 (72)
2013#2,973 (56)
2012#3,915 (39)
2011#4,466 (32)

Loyalty as a boy’s name

  • US
Loyalty as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Loyalty as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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
YearUS
2025#4,396 (23)
2024#2,835 (45)
2023#2,895 (43)
2022#3,533 (32)
2021#2,775 (45)
2020#3,734 (28)
2019#3,052 (39)
2018#3,106 (37)
2017#3,781 (28)
2016#4,943 (19)
2015#5,289 (17)
2014#5,252 (17)
2013#4,463 (21)
2012#5,256 (17)
2011#8,079 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #965.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2004.
  • In 2025, 83% of US babies named Loyalty were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 baby girls 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 77,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Loyalty is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 17,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Loyalty by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: 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: #1,405ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,902TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Loyalty (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500