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 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 152,173 of them was named Boyd, which outranked 36.5% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,362Wylene9
- #3,362Zeda9
- #3,362Zelta9
- #3,664Boyd8
- #3,664Adalyn8
- #3,664Adrianne8
- #3,664Agusta8
- #4,028Adalene7
- #4,028Adamae7
- #4,028Ader7
Tied with 363 names at #3,664; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 2,264 of them was named Boyd, which outranked 94.7% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.