Troy: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced TROY · 1 syllable

From Latin Troia, from Ancient Greek (Troia).

How popular is Troy?

Troy was the #532 name in the US in 2025, given to 563 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 52% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1960.

Babies named Troy in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1960).

Half of US adults named Troy are older than 54; most are between 23 and 68. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Troy have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Troy is pronounced TROY.

Troy was the #532 name in the US in 2025, given to 563 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 52% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1960.

Half of US adults named Troy are older than 54. Most are between 23 and 68.