Stoy
Stoy is a village in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 108 at the 2020 census.
Meaning & Origin of Stoy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Stoy is a village in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 108 at the 2020 census.
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The Story of Stoy
American parents first put Stoy on the record books as a baby boy name in 1915, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1919, when 10 Stoys were born — ranking #2,665 that year. About 43% of every Stoy on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Stoy last appeared in the published SSA data in 1951, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 89 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Stoy
Stoy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 89 births in the dataset. Stoy's peak popularity came in 1919 when it ranked #2,665. Use the chart and map above to compare Stoy'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 .
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