Troy remains a common boys' name (#532 in 2025), down from a peak of #40 in 1967.
Troy is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #533 for boy births in the United States (and #1,078 across all names), given to 563 babies. Troy was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1970 (8,448 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 563 | 563 | — | #533 |
| 2024 | 562 | 562 | — | #530 |
| 2023 | 673 | 673 | #12,105 | #463 |
| 2022 | 657 | 657 | #13,470 | #475 |
| 2021 | 744 | 744 | #13,364 | #419 |
| 2020 | 729 | 729 | #9,500 | #415 |
| 2019 | 813 | 813 | #12,361 | #390 |
| 2018 | 917 | 917 | #17,943 | #364 |
| 2017 | 957 | 957 | #15,771 | #351 |
| 2016 | 1,112 | 1,112 | #16,091 | #316 |
| 2015 | 1,211 | 1,211 | #12,926 | #301 |
| 2014 | 1,334 | 1,334 | #14,463 | #276 |
| 2013 | 1,288 | 1,288 | — | #274 |
| 2012 | 1,400 | 1,400 | #14,869 | #259 |
| 2011 | 1,468 | 1,468 | #19,392 | #244 |
| 2010 | 1,392 | 1,392 | #13,366 | #248 |
| 2009 | 1,493 | 1,500 | #20,012 | #238 |
| 2008 | 1,603 | 1,603 | #20,276 | #231 |
| 2007 | 1,615 | 1,615 | #10,099 | #231 |
| 2006 | 1,592 | 1,597 | #12,365 | #229 |
| 2005 | 1,530 | 1,530 | #19,008 | #226 |
| 2004 | 1,515 | 1,515 | #8,685 | #227 |
| 2003 | 1,284 | 1,284 | — | #256 |
| 2002 | 1,310 | 1,310 | #11,050 | #250 |
| 2001 | 1,364 | 1,364 | #11,990 | #247 |
| 2000 | 1,525 | 1,525 | #9,134 | #225 |
| 1999 | 1,686 | 1,686 | #7,211 | #205 |
| 1998 | 1,832 | 1,832 | #8,553 | #184 |
| 1997 | 2,010 | — | #7,713 | #170 |
| 1996 | 2,259 | — | #5,052 | #155 |
| 1995 | 2,495 | — | #4,209 | #140 |
| 1994 | 2,862 | — | #5,237 | #123 |
| 1993 | 2,678 | — | #3,676 | #131 |
| 1992 | 2,298 | — | #8,707 | #146 |
| 1991 | 2,356 | — | #4,994 | #137 |
| 1990 | 2,515 | — | #8,462 | #128 |
| 1989 | 2,649 | — | #6,515 | #124 |
| 1988 | 2,368 | — | #3,889 | #124 |
| 1987 | 2,315 | — | #4,276 | #122 |
| 1986 | 2,277 | — | #3,272 | #123 |
| 1985 | 2,338 | — | #3,846 | #123 |
| 1984 | 2,434 | — | #3,716 | #114 |
| 1983 | 2,419 | — | #5,437 | #113 |
| 1982 | 2,557 | — | #3,524 | #115 |
| 1981 | 2,530 | — | #4,331 | #114 |
| 1980 | 2,878 | — | #2,187 | #106 |
| 1979 | 2,985 | — | #3,769 | #99 |
| 1978 | 3,178 | — | #3,092 | #88 |
| 1977 | 3,338 | — | #2,711 | #88 |
| 1976 | 3,752 | — | #2,291 | #73 |
| 1975 | 3,991 | — | #2,167 | #69 |
| 1974 | 4,597 | — | #2,344 | #63 |
| 1973 | 5,108 | — | #1,912 | #59 |
| 1972 | 6,402 | — | #1,672 | #49 |
| 1971 | 7,403 | — | #1,557 | #46 |
| 1970 | 8,545 | — | #1,190 | #41 |
| 1969 | 8,172 | — | #1,324 | #42 |
| 1968 | 8,049 | — | #1,299 | #40 |
| 1967 | 8,009 | — | #1,226 | #40 |
| 1966 | 6,971 | — | #1,349 | #48 |
| 1965 | 5,914 | — | #1,462 | #53 |
| 1964 | 6,385 | — | #1,264 | #57 |
| 1963 | 6,073 | — | #1,072 | #66 |
| 1962 | 6,147 | — | #1,100 | #67 |
| 1961 | 4,378 | — | #996 | #100 |
| 1960 | 2,133 | — | #1,252 | #162 |
| 1959 | 1,013 | — | #1,550 | #257 |
| 1958 | 807 | — | #1,678 | #278 |
| 1957 | 811 | — | #1,900 | #269 |
| 1956 | 734 | — | #2,053 | #279 |
| 1955 | 694 | — | #2,339 | #276 |
| 1954 | 719 | — | #2,377 | #268 |
| 1953 | 706 | — | #2,428 | #267 |
| 1952 | 678 | — | #4,880 | #265 |
| 1951 | 643 | — | #2,469 | #271 |
| 1950 | 654 | — | #2,528 | #258 |
| 1949 | 636 | — | #2,614 | #262 |
| 1948 | 664 | — | #3,329 | #254 |
| 1947 | 681 | — | #3,220 | #259 |
| 1946 | 655 | — | #2,224 | #244 |
| 1945 | 631 | — | #2,230 | #220 |
| 1944 | 649 | — | #2,023 | #218 |
| 1943 | 643 | — | #3,023 | #228 |
| 1942 | 586 | — | #2,804 | #235 |
| 1941 | 576 | — | #3,931 | #226 |
| 1940 | 589 | — | #2,566 | #218 |
| 1939 | 606 | — | #1,789 | #210 |
| 1938 | 556 | — | #2,919 | #220 |
| 1937 | 556 | — | #2,187 | #221 |
| 1936 | 542 | — | #3,353 | #218 |
| 1935 | 557 | — | #2,910 | #218 |
| 1934 | 547 | — | #3,774 | #222 |
| 1933 | 538 | — | #1,766 | #223 |
| 1932 | 557 | — | #2,028 | #223 |
| 1931 | 497 | — | #2,572 | #238 |
| 1930 | 553 | — | #1,866 | #240 |
| 1929 | 526 | — | #1,885 | #243 |
| 1928 | 578 | — | #2,276 | #232 |
| 1927 | 569 | — | #3,266 | #237 |
| 1926 | 540 | — | #2,151 | #246 |
| 1925 | 535 | — | #2,185 | #250 |
| 1924 | 573 | — | #2,654 | #243 |
| 1923 | 527 | — | #2,450 | #247 |
| 1922 | 513 | — | #3,135 | #251 |
| 1921 | 542 | — | #3,377 | #243 |
| 1920 | 540 | — | #1,943 | #242 |
| 1919 | 514 | — | #2,374 | #237 |
| 1918 | 471 | — | #2,198 | #248 |
| 1917 | 404 | — | #3,064 | #255 |
| 1916 | 455 | — | #2,486 | #237 |
| 1915 | 434 | — | #1,789 | #238 |
| 1914 | 315 | — | #2,851 | #245 |
| 1913 | 223 | — | #3,661 | #258 |
| 1912 | 210 | — | #2,340 | #247 |
| 1911 | 108 | — | #1,943 | #260 |
| 1910 | 95 | — | #2,755 | #255 |
| 1909 | 64 | — | — | #282 |
| 1908 | 94 | — | #1,845 | #223 |
| 1907 | 81 | — | #1,501 | #247 |
| 1906 | 54 | — | — | #269 |
| 1905 | 64 | — | #2,210 | #258 |
| 1904 | 74 | — | #2,145 | #227 |
| 1903 | 46 | — | — | #276 |
| 1902 | 65 | — | #1,778 | #241 |
| 1901 | 41 | — | — | #271 |
| 1900 | 69 | — | — | #247 |
| 1899 | 28 | — | — | #345 |
| 1898 | 36 | — | — | #323 |
| 1897 | 31 | — | — | #338 |
| 1896 | 37 | — | #1,803 | #336 |
| 1895 | 29 | — | — | #346 |
| 1894 | 50 | — | — | #247 |
| 1893 | 25 | — | — | #367 |
| 1892 | 29 | — | — | #356 |
| 1891 | 23 | — | — | #363 |
| 1890 | 16 | — | — | #485 |
| 1889 | 16 | — | — | #480 |
| 1888 | 20 | — | — | #429 |
| 1887 | 12 | — | — | #539 |
| 1886 | 19 | — | — | #415 |
| 1885 | 18 | — | — | #437 |
| 1884 | 11 | — | — | #606 |
| 1883 | 13 | — | — | #524 |
| 1882 | 16 | — | — | #467 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | — | #859 |
| 1880 | 8 | — | — | #742 |