Floy
Floy is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Floy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Floy is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Floy
The earliest SSA record of Floy as a baby girl name dates back to 1880, when 23 babies received it. 1918 was its biggest year on record, with 225 newborns named Floy — #441 in the national rankings. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 24% of all recorded Floys. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1971 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 7K Floys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Floy
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About the name Floy
Floy is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 7K births in the dataset. Floy's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #441. Use the chart and map above to compare Floy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.