Foye

Popularity Trends

The name Foye is the #7,365 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 374 recorded births since 1909. This represents the 4.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,462 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 254 births since 1909. For boys, it ranks #4,466 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 120 births since 1920.

Foye first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1909 (1909 for girls and 1920 for boys). Birth data for Foye is available in 35 out of the 42 years between 1909 and 1950 (28 years for girls and 17 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Foye has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (67.9% of all recorded births). In 1950, 0.0% of babies named Foye were girls. Interestingly, until around 1943, the name was more popular for girls (75.8% girls from 1909 to 1942), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (85.4% boys from 1943 to 1950).

For girls, Foye reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #561) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1909, with 16 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1946.

For boys, Foye reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #542) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1922, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1950.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Foye".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

254

Peak Births

Peak Year

1916

First Recorded

1909

Peak Percentile

2.1%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#561

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Total Births

120

Peak Births

Peak Year

1922

First Recorded

1920

Peak Percentile

0.7%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#542

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Foye", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 1 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Foy" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Foy..

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Foye's popularity from 1906 to 1953 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Foye at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Foye range from Etheleen at 82.8% correlation to Burnell at 81.4% correlation, with an average correlation level of 82.1%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Maxine with 114.8K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Lavere with 434 births (78% boys).

Foye's share of births peaked at 20.8 births per million in 1922 (16.3 for girls in 1916 and 8 for boys in 1922). It reached its lowest point of 3.2 births per million (16% of peak) in 1947. In 1950, the most recent period with data, the name Foye had 4.9 births per million, 24% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Etheleen

584

82.83% (very strong)

Annamay

748

82.82% (very strong)

Maxine

114.8k

82.76% (very strong)

Lavere

434

82.70% (very strong)

Milfred

496

82.45% (very strong)

Rubbie

682

82.01% (very strong)

Wilferd

481

81.98% (very strong)

Bertis

474

81.79% (very strong)

Florene

4,616

81.62% (very strong)

Luverne

1,913

81.48% (very strong)

Nunzio

1,824

81.47% (very strong)

Burnell

3,383

81.36% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Foye

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Foye. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Foye is pronounced as foy, which has 1 syllables.

foy

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foy (1 syllable)

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F OY1

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like F OY1) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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