first name
TROY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 162,599 people named Troy, 74.1% reported their origin as White, 14.7% as Black and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Troy peaked in 1970, when 8,545 babies got the name.
At least 218,982 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Troy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #120. The largest share of babies named Troy, 40.8%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Troy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Troy has been most common in Louisiana (2.1×), South Dakota (2×), and Utah (1.9×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.44×).
213,680 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Troy
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Troy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Troy ranks #4,522 of 156,621, with 7,626 people. See Troy as a last name
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