Byrd
Last seen for girls in 1934 at #3,802 · Last seen for boys in 1963 at #4,048
Given to boys 73.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 709since 1881
Byrd over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
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| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
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| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
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| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,367 | 11 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,268 | 11 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,088 | 12 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,929 | 14 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #1,725 | 17 |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,465 | 10 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,753 | 18 | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | — | #1,647 | 21 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #1,605 | 22 |
| 1925 | — | #2,089 | 15 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,753 | 20 | |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #1,545 | 24 |
| 1921 | — | #1,980 | 17 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,747 | 20 | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #1,408 | 26 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | #1,600 | 19 |
| 1914 | — | #1,545 | 16 | |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
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| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
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| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 | #685 | 10 |
| 1894 | #782 | 15 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | #739 | 16 | — | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | #701 | 8 |
| 1883 | #561 | 12 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | #595 | 9 |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Byrd! It came in at #595, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Byrd
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
- Biggest jump: 228 spots in 1891 (#994 → #766)
- Biggest drop: 297 spots in 1896 (#685 → #982)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #595 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1881–1887
- Highest: 1 in 10,780 boys born in 1885 were named Byrd (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 406,216 boys born in 1963 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #595 in 1881, was only 1 in 11,193 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.7% of all boys named Byrd (182) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1913, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | #595 (1881) | #724 |
| 1890s | 43 | #685 (1895) | #846 |
| 1900s | 32 | #968 (1900) | #1,095 |
| 1910s | 130 | #1,408 (1919) | #1,861 |
| 1920s | 182 | #1,545 (1922) | #1,883 |
| 1930s | 115 | #1,725 (1934) | #2,299 |
| 1940s | 85 | #1,986 (1943) | #2,698 |
| 1950s | 43 | #2,367 (1951) | #3,185 |
| 1960s | 18 | #3,077 (1960) | #3,730 |
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.
Byrd in 1885
Top boys' names in 1885
More about 1885
boys
107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 10,780 of them was named Byrd, which outranked 44.9% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).