Loyal

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Loyal is ranked 877th among boys in 2024 (274 births). Its best rank was 555th, in 1890.

Rank in 2024: #877down 138 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2740.02% of boys
Peak year: 2022377 births
Best rank: #555in 1890
Since 1882: 6,183people given the name

Babies named Loyal, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

5,705 boys have been named Loyal in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 377 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 2020s alone account for 27%. It has spent 57 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 478 girls have also been given it, 7.7% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Loyal
1880s	5
1890s	77
1900s	114
1910s	614
1920s	851
1930s	594
1940s	502
1950s	254
1960s	206
1970s	97
1980s	76
1990s	43
2000s	155
2010s	584
2020s	1,533

In 2022, its biggest year

Loyal was the 700th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Loyal

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.