Given name
Loyalty
“one who is faithful and true”
Loyalty is a variant of Loyal. One English interpretation is “one who is faithful and true.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Loyalty is a variant of Loyal. One English interpretation is “one who is faithful and true.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Loyalty is a variant of Loyal. Loyal has been associated with Old French and Latin naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Loyalty through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,776
- 442 boys · 2,334 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 314 babies
- 2025
- 132
- #1,838 for girls · #4,483 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 15% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 109 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,838 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 4.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 23 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, North Carolina and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (11 each).
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Loyalty’s family of names
Loyalty has a related form in Loyal.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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