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Foy

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Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Foy has been given to 2,533 babies in the U.S. since 1889. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1921, with 68 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% boys, 17% girls all-time.

Babies named Foy, 2005

1 in 641,000

Foy over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Foy over time

In 2005, Foy went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18892005

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Foy: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Foy means

Foy is a given name.

The naming story behind Foy

Wikidata records Foy as a female given name. The entity identifier is Q21020576, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,112 boys were recorded with the name Foy between 1889 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 68 in 1921; its best national rank was #646 in 1905.

In the United States, 421 girls were recorded with the name Foy between 1902 and 1950. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1912; its best national rank was #1,266 in 1912.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Foy?

Foy had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2005, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2005
1 in 641,000
6 of 3,844,258 births
Among boys only
1 in 333,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2005
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
444,107 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Foy sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2005 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 444,107 children born in 2005 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Foy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Foys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Foy was born before 1931 — so the typical Foy is around 94 today.

Median birth year
1931
About 94 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
24.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
1.6%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
436
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 24.7% of all recorded uses (522).

Is Foy rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1921 (68)
Years since peak
104
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
43.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#646
1905

Where Foy is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Foy was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 11,111 boys, against 1 in 40,128 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

09 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 11,111
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 20,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 33,333
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 50,000
  5. 5Georgia1 in 100,000
  6. 6Arkansas1 in —
  7. 7Florida1 in —
  8. 8Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Foy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Foy is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Foy was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 206,335 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 100,000
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 100,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Foy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Foy around the world

Where Foy ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2014–2018
    #3,959
    in 2018

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Notable people named Foy

People whose public names include Foy, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Foy in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Foy. Linked forms have their own page here.

FeFionaFéFedeFides

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Foy by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#646
1905
Peak year
1921
68 that year
First recorded
1889
Last recorded
2005
All-time count
2,112
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,266
1912
Peak year
1912
18 that year
First recorded
1902
Last recorded
1950
All-time count
421
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Foy

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Foy

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Foy, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Foy

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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