Troy

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Troy is a male given first name used in English-speaking countries, and may derive from the Irish Troightheach, meaning "foot soldier". Additionally Troy is utilised as an anglicised surname derived from a variety of Gaelic and Norman surnames. Further detail here Troy.

From Wikipedia

Troy first appears in the data in 1983 and has been recorded in 32 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 53 babies (rank #311 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Troy

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Troy yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

528
Total babies (all years)
32
Years in the data
53
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19831#1,405
19841#1,414
19851#1,432
19861#1,422
19871#1,444
19885#910
19895#930
199013#662
199111#696
199214#644
199318#584
19949#784
19959#777
19969#792
199712#700
19989#806
199926#495
200019#583
200119#573
200221#542
200327#478
200453#311
200543#348
200636#372
200725#464
200823#479
200917#569
201030#400
201122#465
201221#459
201310#710
201417#515