# Loyal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/loyal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,439 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,939 / 500 (8% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 14,212 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,930 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,246 |
| 2014 | 29 | 4,854 |
| 2015 | 27 | 5,056 |
| 2016 | 28 | 4,931 |
| 2017 | 35 | 4,194 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5,927 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,546 |
| 2020 | 41 | 3,661 |
| 2021 | 58 | 2,909 |
| 2022 | 39 | 3,867 |
| 2023 | 40 | 3,810 |
| 2024 | 35 | 4,170 |
| 2025 | 21 | 5,838 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 3,086 |
| 2012 | 43 | 2,801 |
| 2013 | 44 | 2,693 |
| 2014 | 62 | 2,194 |
| 2015 | 71 | 2,030 |
| 2016 | 57 | 2,323 |
| 2017 | 72 | 1,992 |
| 2018 | 71 | 2,038 |
| 2019 | 106 | 1,579 |
| 2020 | 190 | 1,055 |
| 2021 | 336 | 754 |
| 2022 | 377 | 700 |
| 2023 | 356 | 740 |
| 2024 | 275 | 879 |
| 2025 | 233 | 983 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |

## People named Loyal

- Loyal Griggs, American cinematographer (1906-1978)
- Loyal Underwood, American actor (1893-1966)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.