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Loys

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference

Loys has been given to 332 babies in the U.S. since 1912. 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 1922, with 14 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 58% boys, 42% girls all-time.

Babies named Loys, 1965

1 in 725,000

Loys over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Loys over time

In 1965, Loys went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19121965

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.

Loys: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Loys means

Loys is a given name.

The naming story behind Loys

Charlotte M. Yonge’s 1884 History of Christian Names includes the exact spelling Loys in its glossary. The entry labels it masculine and points to printed page(s) 405.

The glossary’s abbreviated description reads: “Fr. Teu. famous holiness”. This is the historical author’s wording, including its language abbreviations and any proposed interpretation. It is presented as historical evidence, not as a verified modern translation. Victorian classifications and root explanations can differ from later linguistic research.

For Loys, the current short meaning therefore remains unconfirmed. Establishing its modern etymology requires a current reference that documents the exact form and its relationship to the proposed earlier words.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 193 boys were recorded with the name Loys between 1912 and 1965. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1922; its best national rank was #2,164 in 1912.

In the United States, 139 girls were recorded with the name Loys between 1912 and 1956. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1919; its best national rank was #2,328 in 1915.

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 Loys?

Loys had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1965, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1965
1 in 725,000
5 of 3,625,243 births
Among boys only
1 in 372,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1965
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
502,567 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Loys 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 1965 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 502,567 children born in 1965 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Loys. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Loyss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Loys was born before 1922 — so the typical Loys is around 103 today.

Median birth year
1922
About 103 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
40.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
5.2%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
5
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1920s — 40.9% of all recorded uses (79).

Is Loys 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 1922 (14)
Years since peak
103
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,164
1912

Spellings of Loys

Loys is not the most common spelling — Roy is, with 24.5% against Loys's 0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Loys around the world

Where Loys 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.

  • France
    1948–2025
    #5,391
    in 2025

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Loys 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
#2,164
1912
Peak year
1922
14 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
1965
All-time count
193
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#2,328
1915
Peak year
1919
15 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
1956
All-time count
139
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Loys

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

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Sibling names for Loys

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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