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 1896
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 1896
Top girls' names in 1896
Top boys' names in 1896
More about 1896
girls
237,918 girls got a published name in 1896; 1 in 47,584 of them was named Byrd, which outranked 13.3% of the 1,825 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 242 names at #1,583; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 19,928 of them was named Byrd, which outranked 22.4% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).