NameTides

Troy

Troy was the #532 boys' name in the US in 2025 (563 babies), and #771 in England & Wales and #782 in Canada.

Troy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Troy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandCanadaEngland & Wales
Troy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#532 (563)#771 (43)——#468 (7)#782 (34)—
2024#530 (562)#729 (48)#727 (3)—#655 (4)#842 (30)—
2023#461 (665)#593 (62)——#472 (7)#819 (30)—
2022#474 (650)#665 (52)——#454 (7)#582 (46)—
2021#417 (737)#556 (69)#401 (8)—#336 (12)#450 (65)—
2020#414 (718)#529 (71)—#270 (6)#361 (11)#564 (46)—
2019#389 (805)#523 (73)—#418 (3)#335 (12)#428 (68)—
2018#363 (912)#481 (84)#516 (5)—#306 (14)#490 (56)—
2017#351 (951)#350 (136)#602 (4)#318 (5)#336 (12)#489 (58)—
2016#316 (1,106)#428 (98)#486 (6)#232 (8)#353 (11)#337 (97)—
2015#300 (1,203)#322 (143)#470 (6)#259 (7)#345 (12)#369 (84)—
2014#276 (1,327)#285 (162)#399 (8)#175 (14)#347 (12)#370 (84)—
2013#274 (1,288)#329 (127)#687 (3)#208 (10)#404 (9)#380 (76)—
2012#259 (1,393)#309 (148)—#311 (5)#401 (9)#330 (94)—
2011#244 (1,463)#291 (153)#544 (4)#204 (10)#342 (12)#309 (99)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1968 at #40.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Troy is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,900 to 1 in 3,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Troy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #529WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #511MNIllinois: #677ILMichigan: #540MINew York: #434NYMassachusetts: #438MAOregon: #604ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #621INOhio: #455OHPennsylvania: #342PANew Jersey: #655NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: #200RICalifornia: #509CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #420CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #563VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #527AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #498NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #376OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #452GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #494TXFlorida: #531FL
Troy (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#60719

Troy (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TroyCanadaBoys#78234
TroyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
TroyEngland & WalesBoys#77143
TroyIrelandBoys#4687
TroyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TroyNSWBoys—too few
TroyScotlandBoys—too few
TroyUSGirls—too few
TroyUSBoys#532563