Boyd
Last seen for girls in 1944 at #4,574 · #1,959 for boys in 2025, 78 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 53 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 27,680since 1880
Boyd over time
Rank among boys' names. Boyd has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,959 | 78 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,210 | 65 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,147 | 67 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,626 | 107 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,606 | 106 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,528 | 109 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,658 | 97 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,478 | 117 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,421 | 122 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,618 | 99 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,826 | 81 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,588 | 99 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,878 | 75 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,942 | 73 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,699 | 44 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,511 | 49 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,800 | 43 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,467 | 51 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,139 | 63 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,932 | 38 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,567 | 43 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,489 | 44 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,428 | 43 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,092 | 51 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,429 | 40 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,330 | 41 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,231 | 41 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,068 | 45 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,599 | 63 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,785 | 51 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,682 | 53 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,581 | 58 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,620 | 55 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,546 | 57 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,528 | 57 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,395 | 64 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,590 | 50 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,427 | 54 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,367 | 54 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,153 | 67 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,033 | 79 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,022 | 76 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,075 | 68 | |
| 1982 | — | #894 | 100 | |
| 1981 | — | #914 | 96 | |
| 1980 | — | #905 | 98 | |
| 1979 | — | #858 | 102 | |
| 1978 | — | #847 | 102 | |
| 1977 | — | #796 | 115 | |
| 1976 | — | #786 | 111 | |
| 1975 | — | #707 | 137 | |
| 1974 | — | #659 | 150 | |
| 1973 | — | #655 | 148 | |
| 1972 | — | #639 | 154 | |
| 1971 | — | #615 | 185 | |
| 1970 | — | #490 | 273 | |
| 1969 | — | #484 | 251 | |
| 1968 | — | #462 | 271 | |
| 1967 | — | #475 | 251 | |
| 1966 | — | #470 | 265 | |
| 1965 | — | #460 | 285 | |
| 1964 | — | #435 | 337 | |
| 1963 | — | #433 | 339 | |
| 1962 | — | #401 | 408 | |
| 1961 | — | #421 | 355 | |
| 1960 | — | #410 | 370 | |
| 1959 | — | #408 | 377 | |
| 1958 | — | #409 | 365 | |
| 1957 | — | #390 | 388 | |
| 1956 | — | #386 | 377 | |
| 1955 | — | #376 | 369 | |
| 1954 | — | #385 | 343 | |
| 1953 | — | #350 | 390 | |
| 1952 | — | #345 | 397 | |
| 1951 | — | #361 | 365 | |
| 1950 | — | #365 | 342 | |
| 1949 | — | #362 | 345 | |
| 1948 | — | #358 | 354 | |
| 1947 | — | #334 | 427 | |
| 1946 | — | #340 | 362 | |
| 1945 | — | #335 | 318 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #325 | 345 |
| 1943 | — | #307 | 405 | |
| 1942 | — | #310 | 393 | |
| 1941 | — | #285 | 412 | |
| 1940 | — | #290 | 374 | |
| 1939 | — | #290 | 361 | |
| 1938 | — | #271 | 413 | |
| 1937 | — | #264 | 419 | |
| 1936 | — | #285 | 356 | |
| 1935 | — | #289 | 351 | |
| 1934 | — | #272 | 398 | |
| 1933 | — | #264 | 406 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #274 | 397 |
| 1931 | — | #262 | 426 | |
| 1930 | — | #272 | 430 | |
| 1929 | — | #261 | 461 | |
| 1928 | — | #269 | 445 | |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #271 | 440 |
| 1926 | — | #273 | 432 | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #256 | 493 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #266 | 459 |
| 1923 | — | #272 | 429 | |
| 1922 | — | #248 | 508 | |
| 1921 | — | #267 | 438 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #256 | 457 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | #261 | 415 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #255 | 433 |
| 1917 | — | #257 | 388 | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #252 | 384 |
| 1915 | — | #264 | 335 | |
| 1914 | — | #254 | 287 | |
| 1913 | — | #277 | 197 | |
| 1912 | — | #268 | 171 | |
| 1911 | — | #286 | 85 | |
| 1910 | — | #263 | 86 | |
| 1909 | — | #268 | 68 | |
| 1908 | — | #274 | 61 | |
| 1907 | — | #286 | 54 | |
| 1906 | — | #266 | 54 | |
| 1905 | — | #316 | 40 | |
| 1904 | — | #277 | 46 | |
| 1903 | — | #294 | 41 | |
| 1902 | — | #291 | 42 | |
| 1901 | — | #265 | 42 | |
| 1900 | — | #259 | 62 | |
| 1899 | — | #228 | 53 | |
| 1898 | — | #329 | 34 | |
| 1897 | — | #299 | 37 | |
| 1896 | — | #323 | 34 | |
| 1895 | — | #329 | 31 | |
| 1894 | — | #256 | 46 | |
| 1893 | — | #292 | 35 | |
| 1892 | — | #303 | 37 | |
| 1891 | — | #308 | 29 | |
| 1890 | — | #290 | 35 | |
| 1889 | — | #237 | 47 | |
| 1888 | — | #280 | 41 | |
| 1887 | — | #325 | 26 | |
| 1886 | — | #258 | 43 | |
| 1885 | — | #263 | 40 | |
| 1884 | — | #360 | 24 | |
| 1883 | — | #371 | 21 | |
| 1882 | — | #317 | 29 | |
| 1881 | — | #332 | 24 | |
| 1880 | — | #442 | 16 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Boyd was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 25 boys a year got the name.
See more about Boyd
- 251 spots since 2024 (#2,210 → #1,959)
- 431 spots since 2020 (#1,528 → #1,959)
- 133 spots since 2015 (#1,826 → #1,959)
- Biggest jump: 110 spots in 1881 (#442 → #332)
- Biggest drop: 181 spots in 1983 (#894 → #1,075)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #228 (53 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 103 yrs · run 1880–1982
- Highest: 1 in 2,004 boys born in 1899 were named Boyd (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,898 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.5% of all boys named Boyd (4,562) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 311 | #237 (1889) | #319 |
| 1890s | 371 | #228 (1899) | #296 |
| 1900s | 510 | #259 (1900) | #280 |
| 1910s | 2,781 | #252 (1916) | #264 |
| 1920s | 4,562 | #248 (1922) | #264 |
| 1930s | 3,957 | #262 (1931) | #274 |
| 1940s | 3,735 | #285 (1941) | #325 |
| 1950s | 3,713 | #345 (1952) | #378 |
| 1960s | 3,132 | #401 (1962) | #445 |
| 1970s | 1,477 | #490 (1970) | #705 |
| 1980s | 742 | #894 (1982) | #1,138 |
| 1990s | 544 | #1,395 (1990) | #1,704 |
| 2000s | 457 | #2,092 (2002) | #2,467 |
| 2010s | 856 | #1,421 (2017) | #1,862 |
| 2020s | 532 | #1,528 (2020) | #1,846 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Boyd in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 231,526 of them was named Boyd, which outranked 13.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 776 names at #4,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 2,341 of them was named Boyd, which outranked 94.7% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).