How Many People Are Named Toy?
An estimated 871 people in the United States have the first name Toy. It is used for both genders, with 54.4% male. The average bearer is 62 years old, and Toy peaked in popularity in 1919 with 51 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Toy as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Toy paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Toy is a genuinely unisex name, given to both boys and girls in roughly equal numbers.
Estimated Living Americans
871
About 1 in 393,518 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
54.4% confidence
Average Age
62
years old
Peak Year
1919
51 births
Total Registered
2,119
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Toy
Toy is a genuinely unisex name, used for both males (54.4%) and females (45.6%). Out of 2,119 total births registered, 1,152 were male and 967 were female.
Toy as a male name
Ranked #12,166 in 2001
5 male births in 2001
Peak: 1919 (37 births)
Toy as a female name
Ranked #13,042 in 1991
6 female births in 1991
Peak: 1975 (30 births)
Toy: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Toy span from the 1880s to the 2000s, covering 13 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 345 babies were registered. Toy has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Toy by Decade
How has Toy tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Toy by State
Birth registrations for Toy span all 8 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in South Carolina, Texas, Mississippi. The lowest are in North Carolina, Kentucky, California. On average, about 17 Toys were registered per state.
Toy + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Toy as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Toy
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Toy: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Toy?
We estimate approximately 871 people named Toy are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 393,518 Americans share this first name.
Is Toy a common name?
Toy is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 89.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,119 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Toy most popular?
Toy reached peak popularity in 1919, when 51 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Toy is approximately 62 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Toy a male name?
Toy is predominantly male. 54.4% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Toy Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Toy Smith, Toy Johnson, Toy Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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