Troy

What Troy means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Troy yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #300 in 2015 to #532 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Troy?

US: Falling: down from #300 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #322 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1968, when 7,976 boys got the name (#40 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,034 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,324 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in RI (1.6 per 1,000 boys), OK (0.68 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.62 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Troy is #532 in the US and #771 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Troy were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Tru496 US
• Trey269 US · 12 E&W
• Tre47 US
• Trae34 US · 4 E&W
• Troi23 US · 14 E&W
• Truu30 US
• Tor12 US
• Drey11 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Troy

Boys

• Bradley#403“broad + woodland”^*
• Curtis#984“polite, courteous”^*
• Keith#800“wood”^*
• Brandon#261“broom shrub + hill, dune”^*
• Ryan#99Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 29,905 babies; 3,532 in 2025
• Travis#434“to cross over”^*

For a sister

• Kimberly#302Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #108 in 2015, #302 in 2025
• Allison#103Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Kelsey#814Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #343 in 2015, #814 in 2025
• Lacey#738Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 2,399 babies; 370 in 2025
• Tiffany#878Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1988, with 18,364 babies; 304 in 2025
• Kelly#851Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1977, with 18,234 babies; 319 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Troy’s. Rank is US 2025.