Declining since 2022, #1,833 for girls today.
Popularity of Loyalty since 2004
Babies named Loyalty per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 57 | 15 |
| 2010s | 1,064 | 211 |
| 2020s | 1,213 | 216 |
Meaning & origin
Loyalty is a modern virtue name that began appearing on the U.S. Social Security list in 2004. Despite being recorded for only two decades, it reached its peak rank in 2021, when it placed 1833rd among girls. The name has been falling in use since 2022, suggesting a brief trend cycle. In 2023, approximately 1 in 14746 girls were named Loyalty. The name is most popular in Louisiana, Wisconsin, and North Carolina.
Loyalty is a modern virtue name, derived directly from the English word loyalty, which comes from Old French loialte (faithfulness) and ultimately from Latin legalis (legal). It first entered the U.S. baby name charts in 2004, part of a trend of aspirational word names like Serenity and Trinity.
Where Loyalty is most popular
Births per 100,000 girls by state, 2025. The lightest shade means too few recorded births.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Loy, Loya
Sibling names for Loyalty
Names that share Loyalty's style, for a brother or sister.
