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Troy
Pronounced /tɹɔɪ/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1961 · #993
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:560 in 2024 (#530)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No girls were recorded as Troy in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1961 with 119 babies, ranked #993.
- It first shows up in the records in 1896.
- 2,674 girls have been named Troy since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Troy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 257 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 252 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 794 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 841 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 318 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 134 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 73 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Troia, from Ancient Greek Τροία (Troía). ==== Proper noun ==== Troy (historical) An ancient city in what is now northwestern Turkey. A male given name. A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Pike County, Alabama. A city in Madison County, Illinois. A township and town therein, in Perry County, Indiana. A small city, the county seat of Doniphan County, Kansas. A town in Waldo County, Maine. A city in Michigan. A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Missouri. A town and census-designated place therein, in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
- A male given name.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, but today associated with the classical city.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /tɹɔɪ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Troy, CC BY-SA 4.0.