Baby name

Foy

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17% girls / 83% boys

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Classic name

In 1921, Foy reached its peak: 68 boys, 1 baby in 34,330. A lasting presence, with births recorded in 85 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

2,112births since 1880

1920sgeneration

No. 834rank at its peak, in 1921

Where babies named Foy are born

1921

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The darker the blue, the more common Foy is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Foy is most common in Alabama (11.4 times), North Carolina (7.2) and Texas (6.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Roy 408,638
Coy 17,348
Fay 4,118
Loy 4,111
Fox 3,891
Joy 2,630

Names from the same era

Arvel · Orvil · Burley · Newman · Estel · Garvin

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

Decade	Girls	Boys
1880s	0%	100%
1890s	0%	100%
1900s	42%	58%
1910s	26%	74%
1920s	20%	80%
1930s	19%	81%
1940s	9%	91%
1950s	2%	98%
1960s	0%	100%
1970s	0%	100%
1980s	0%	100%
1990s	0%	100%
2000s	0%	100%