TROY is ranked as the 402nd most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 156,906.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 49.21 people named TROY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 92% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named TROY is 182,229.
The SSA data also shows that TROY is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
TROY is
80.1% White,
3.0% Hispanic origin,
13.6% Black,
1.2% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name TROY have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name TROY is included in the following name categories:
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Masculine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name TROY
The state with the most people named
TROY is
Texas where
18,609 people have this name.
Minnesota is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named TROY, as
125.61 in every 100,000
Minnesotans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
Minnesota is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
New York
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
6 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name TROY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
3,060
23.76
98.9%
Indiana
3,066
46.48
98.7%
Iowa
3,612
116.24
99.2%
Kansas
1,533
52.79
97.6%
Michigan
6,062
61.17
99.6%
Minnesota
6,855
125.61
99.6%
Missouri
1,070
35.75
97.5%
Nebraska
1,301
69.14
97.4%
North Dakota
450
60.9
93.8%
Ohio
3,182
27.45
98.8%
South Dakota
548
64.26
94.3%
Wisconsin
5,418
94.1
99.3%
West States
State stats for the first name TROY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
239
32.43
90.5%
Arizona
2,225
33.06
98.1%
California
13,790
35.54
99.6%
Colorado
2,688
50.18
98.6%
Hawaii
728
51.32
98.0%
Idaho
781
47.77
96.4%
Montana
439
42.92
94.1%
Nevada
963
33.92
97.3%
New Mexico
601
28.81
95.2%
Oregon
1,659
41.77
98.0%
Utah
2,120
72.04
98.3%
Washington
5,134
72.7
99.4%
Wyoming
308
52.68
92.8%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name TROY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have TROY as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named TROY.
The most popular full name is TROY Smith.
1.09% of all the people named TROY
have this family name.
There are 14153 last
names associated with this first name.