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.
Where Byrd is popular in 1890
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
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 1890
Top girls' names in 1890
Top boys' names in 1890
More about 1890
girls
190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 19,038 of them was named Byrd, which outranked 43.2% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 22,205 of them was named Byrd, which outranked 14.4% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 167 names at #994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.