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Baby name
Troy
Boy
Origin of the name
Troy comes from the name of the ancient city of the Trojan War, and from an English surname taken from the French town of Troyes.
Classic name
216,308births since 1880
1970sgeneration
No. 41rank at its peak, in 1970
Where babies named Troy are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Troy is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Troy is most common in Louisiana (2 times), South Dakota (2) and Utah (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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