girls:
173 births since 1907
#5543 (3rd percentile)
boys:
448 births since 1913
#4138 (10th percentile)
overall:
621 births since 1907
#7118 (8th percentile)
The name Loye is the #7,118 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 621 recorded births since 1907. This represents the 8.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,138 (9.7% percentile) for all time with 448 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #5,543 (3.0% percentile) for all time with 173 births since 1907.
Loye first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1907 (1907 for girls and 1913 for boys). Birth data for Loye is available in 51 out of the 64 years between 1907 and 1970 (48 years for boys and 26 years for girls). 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 Loye has been given predominantly to boys, with 72.1% of all recorded births being male. In 1970, 100.0% of babies named Loye were boys. Interestingly, until around 1913, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1907 to 1912), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (73.0% boys from 1913 to 1970).
For boys, Loye reached its peak popularity in 1933, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #509) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1933, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1970.
For girls, Loye reached its peak popularity in 1939, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #574) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1907, with 21 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1966.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Loye".
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