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Boys' name · peaked in 1968

Troy name popularity since 1925

211,963 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Troy (1.2% girls, 98.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1972 or earlier, so the typical Troy is about 54 years old in 2026. Troy peaked in 1968 as the #40 name for boys, and it ranked #533 in 2025.

US babies since 1925
211,963
Named Troy, 1925–2025
Peak year
1968
#40 for boys that year
Typical age
About 54
Median birth year 1972
In 2025
#533
for boys in 2025 (563 babies)
Girls / boys
98.8% boys
2,458 girls · 209,505 boys
Most popular in
South Dakota
2.20× its national share

Peak year is the year Troy made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Troy births per year, 1925–2025

Babies named Troy per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year by count was 1970. Measured as a share of all babies, Troy peaked in 1968.

  • Fastest rise: Between 1958 and 1963, Troy became 8.2× more common, from 1 in 2,770 baby boys to 1 in 340.
  • Steepest fall: Between 1972 and 1977, its share of baby boys fell by 49%, from 1 in 255 to 1 in 497.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Troy's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Troy.

Decade by decade

Babies named Troy in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade GirlsBoys Rank
1925–29 822,666 –
1930s 1395,370 #218
1940s 1356,175 #220
1950s 2627,197 #276
1960s 82161,410 #53
1970s 44748,852 #69
1980s 23124,534 #123
1990s 17122,820 #140
2000s 7714,754 #226
2010s 6011,832 #301
2020–25 333,895 #533

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

42.1% of babies named Troy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:

Troy by generation Greatest Generation born 1925–27 0.8% Silent Generation born 1928–45 4.9% Baby Boomers born 1946–64 16.6% Gen X born 1965–80 42.1% Millennials born 1981–96 18.6% Gen Z born 1997–2012 11.6% Gen Alpha born 2013–25 5.5%

Where Troy is most popular

The index compares Troy's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Troy.

StateIndexBabies
South Dakota2.20×1,475
Louisiana2.12×8,026
Wyoming1.95×555
Utah1.93×3,459
North Dakota1.91×1,268

Names with a similar story

Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Troy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Troy.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Troy (1968).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data