Is Toy a boy or girl name?

Toy is a unisex name. Of the 2,119 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 45.6% were girls and 54.4% were boys. It changed hands in 1960, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Toy

Recorded 1883–2001 · United States

Toy was most popular in 1919, when 51 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,877 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,119 people named Toy.

Toy over time

Births per year. The dot marks Toy’s peak in 1919. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Toy a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Toy is a unisex name — 45.6% of the 2,119 Americans given it were girls and 54.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 1960 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org