Troy

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Troy: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Troy: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #27 in 1971, and it stood at #443 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
196times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#27highest recorded position
33groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Troy's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 38 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 168 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 1998

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 52 of the 58 years from 1968 to 2025.

In 2025: #443 among boys in Norway, #468 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #93 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1964–1993
Highest recorded position: #27 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1971 (recorded 1964–1993).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #443 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Troy appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 52 ranked years and 477 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1964.

Troy across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Troy's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#222 (1968)	#185 (2005)	#468 (2025)	52 of 58	477 (1968–2025)	23 (2009)
New Zealand · Boys	#88 (1973)	#55 (1993)	#94 (2009)	32 of 37	2,423 (1973–2009)	111 (1993)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#93 (1964)	#27 (1971)	#96 (1993)	30 of 30	6,646 (1964–1993)	426 (1972)
England and Wales · Boys	#181 (1996)	#181 (1996)	#729 (2024)	29 of 29	3,884 (1996–2024)	222 (2006)
Norway · Boys	#544 (1997)	#223 (2005)	#443 (2025)	28 of 29	315 (1997–2025)	22 (2005)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#227 (1997)	#158 (1999)	#270 (2020)	23 of 24	183 (1997–2020)	14 (2014)

Troy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Troy in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	10	2 of 10	5
1970s	40	8 of 10	5
1980s	21	6 of 10	4
1990s	73	10 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	163	10 of 10	16
2010s	122	10 of 10	12
2020s	48	6 of 10	8

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Troy appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #27 in New South Wales, Australia in 1972.

Troy's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#729	48	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#593	62	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#665	52	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#556	69	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#529	71	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#523	73	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#481	84	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#350	136	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#428	98	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#322	143	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#285	162	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#329	127	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#309	148	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#291	153	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#308	144	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#250	177	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#222	209	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#215	211	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#196	222	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#192	216	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#233	141	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#231	141	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#243	120	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#208	152	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#229	131	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#208	149	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#220	139	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#242	124	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#181	182	High	Verified
1993	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	119	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#73	120	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	168	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#54	159	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#56	152	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	130	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#56	157	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	194	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	173	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	228	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	263	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#30	293	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#31	287	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#28	338	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#28	365	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#28	407	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#29	396	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#28	411	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#27	426	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#27	420	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	281	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	247	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	208	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#57	141	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#71	120	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#86	70	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	64	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New Zealand	male	#94	56	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	male	#79	70	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#63	83	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	male	#78	72	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	male	#85	58	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	male	#84	64	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	male	#78	66	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#91	55	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	male	#93	55	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	male	#76	68	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	male	#100	51	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	male	#78	68	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	male	#78	75	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	male	#73	82	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	male	#55	111	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	male	#67	96	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	male	#63	92	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	male	#57	100	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	male	#58	98	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	male	#60	87	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	male	#60	87	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	male	#57	86	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	male	#97	51	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	male	#65	79	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#63	79	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#95	50	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#69	82	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#72	78	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	male	#66	88	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#89	68	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#76	88	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#88	80	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#270	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#259	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#175	14	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#208	10	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#204	10	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#267	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#224	9	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#173	13	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#167	12	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#205	8	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#192	8	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#210	6	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#167	9	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#192	7	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#176	8	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#158	10	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#221	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#227	5	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#443	6	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#414	7	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#447	6	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#433	6	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#452	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#414	6	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#315	13	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#296	14	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#415	8	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#361	11	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#328	13	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#302	15	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#366	11	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#352	11	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#308	14	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#293	16	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#274	18	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#285	16	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#240	21	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#268	17	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#223	22	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#326	11	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#305	12	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#375	9	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#437	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#533	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#544	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#361	11	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#335	12	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#306	14	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#353	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#345	12	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	9	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	12	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#262	19	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#233	23	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	18	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	22	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	20	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	21	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	10	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	9	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	14	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	13	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	13	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	11	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#224	11	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	12	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	6	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	7	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#246	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #27, first reached in 1971.

It held a top-100 place in 44 years, 38 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 426 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1972.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1968, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Tron · #175, 40y
Trond · #6, 74y
Tru · #1862, 11y
Trude · #25, 59y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Julian · #26, 62y
Cassandra · #25, 57y
Joanna · #29, 67y
Stella · #29, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aine · #27, 61y
Harvey · #27, 31y
Joel · #27, 54y
Brigid · #26, 58y

Troy was ranked #27 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1971. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Troy and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Troy without appearing here.

Troy moved ahead of

Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #655 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #468 and #829.
Andreas Compare
In 2000 they stood at #321 and #321 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #201 and #409.
Tobias Compare
In 2024 they stood at #655 and #520 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #468 and #676.
Scott Compare
In 2016 they stood at #428 and #397 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #350 and #501.

Moved ahead of Troy

Tobias Compare
In 2018 they stood at #318 and #363 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #418 and #209.
Andreas Compare
In 2023 they stood at #593 and #679 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #729 and #552.
Raymond Compare
In 2021 they stood at #556 and #584 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #665 and #492.
Erik Compare
In 2017 they stood at #350 and #362 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #481 and #322.

Moved the opposite way to Troy

Adam Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Troy went from #222 to #468 while Adam went from #177 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Troy went from #222 to #468 while Alexander went from #108 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Troy went from #222 to #468 while Benjamin went from #161 to #83.
Cian Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Troy went from #222 to #468 while Cian went from #267 to #33.

Moved the same way as Troy

Adrian Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Troy went from #222 to #468 and Adrian from #59 to #348.
Alfred Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Troy went from #222 to #468 and Alfred from #177 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Troy went from #222 to #468 and Denis from #27 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Troy went from #222 to #468 and Edward from #22 to #125.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #27 in New South Wales, Australia in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Troy

Troy at a glance

What stands out in Troy's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Troy across 6 official records

Troy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Troy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Troy

Troy and the names beside it

Troy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Troy

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Moved the same way as Troy

Troy at a glance

What stands out in Troy's record

Troy across 6 official records

Troy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Troy appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Troy

Troy and the names beside it

Troy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Troy

Moved the opposite way to Troy

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