Byron

Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · #980 for boys in 2025, 233 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1882 · 66 births
Debut · boys
52 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
82,238
since 1880

Byron over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Byron has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #193, 1882boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#980233
2024#877275
2023#835291
2022#891264
2021#751339
2020#790294
2019#711347
2018#737324
2017#649399
2016#669385
2015#599457
2014#653402
2013#516515
2012#543481
2011#505512
2010#465565
2009#401738
2008#450617
2007#523496
2006#522493
2005#492503
2004#510480
2003#492502
2002#486473
2001#481491
2000#439544
1999#419562
1998#422549
1997#391607
1996#410566
1995#391598
1994#368645
1993#339739
1992#13,3175#314842
1991#287908
1990#12,9585#2651,016
1989#9,6817#2441,074
1988#9,2447#2311,056
1987#9,8256#249930
1986#8,5237#252893
1985#8,3187#252894
1984#8,1537#246892
1983#4,47616#2211,030
1982#9,2376#255864
1981#7,4098#235996
1980#10,3925#2311,025
1979#5,42712#249851
1978#5,95810#255793
1977#7,5677#241851
1976#6,0489#224906
1975#7,9846#224913
1974#5,36010#221954
1973#5,5809#230915
1972#7,2926#227944
1971#5,13610#2171,085
1970#5,06110#2061,230
1969#4,72310#2081,203
1968#3,78913#2061,126
1967#6,8045#1961,180
1966#4,4939#2011,178
1965#5,2897#2041,225
1964#6,7675#2131,284
1963#4,8968#2191,244
1962#5,2937#2181,264
1961#2241,225
1960#2341,191
1959#2221,222
1958#3,92510#2181,209
1957#2141,259
1956#5,9525#2091,248
1955#2221,055
1954#2141,045
1953#220926
1952#220901
1951#227837
1950#222830
1949#238744
1948#228796
1947#5,2955#227799
1946#216786
1945#237563
1944#4,5745#254526
1943#241588
1942#224643
1941#235539
1940#227547
1939#218555
1938#232515
1937#227521
1936#4,1815#244461
1935#254457
1934#263425
1933#247442
1932#245471
1931#3,8486#233502
1930#3,6587#256474
1929#237520
1928#3,7437#237546
1927#245532
1926#243533
1925#251516
1924#226594
1923#243536
1922#222599
1921#4,0237#236558
1920#224571
1919#239487
1918#3,8697#237505
1917#226487
1916#226471
1915#223458
1914#207395
1913#213303
1912#229227
1911#26596
1910#25689
1909#26569
1908#25370
1907#24871
1906#24265
1905#25459
1904#24061
1903#23459
1902#26150
1901#24251
1900#26261
1899#24447
1898#23455
1897#24450
1896#23559
1895#23556
1894#22259
1893#25647
1892#21069
1891#21953
1890#22952
1889#27437
1888#24152
1887#23047
1886#23451
1885#24346
1884#21857
1883#21550
1882#19366
1881#24440
1880#22552
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Byron was already there! It came in at #225, and was given to 52 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1891, when fewer than 54 boys a year got the name.

See more about Byron
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 103 spots since 2024 (#877#980)
  • 190 spots since 2020 (#790#980)
  • 381 spots since 2015 (#599#980)
  • Biggest jump: 73 spots in 2008 (#523#450)
  • Biggest drop: 140 spots in 2022 (#751#891)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #193 (66 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,478
  • Highest: 1 in 1,478 boys born in 1967 were named Byron (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,331 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #193 in 1882, was only 1 in 1,723 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 14.7% of all boys named Byron (12,120) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s498#193 (1882)#232
1890s547#210 (1892)#233
1900s616#234 (1903)#250
1910s3,518#207 (1914)#232
1920s5,505#222 (1922)#236
1930s4,823#218 (1939)#242
1940s6,531#216 (1946)#233
1950s10,532#209 (1956)#219
1960s12,120#196 (1967)#212
1970s9,442#206 (1970)#229
1980s9,654#221 (1983)#242
1990s7,032#265 (1990)#361
2000s5,337#401 (2009)#480
2010s4,387#465 (2010)#605
2020s1,696#751 (2021)#854

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.

Byron in 1992

girls
#13,317
5 births · 1 in 368,786 girls
boys
#314
842 births · 1 in 2,372 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #13,317Byron5

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #314Byron842
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 368,786 of them was named Byron, which outranked 14.7% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Byron
  1. #11,738Zofia6
  2. #11,738Zonia6
  3. #11,738Zowie6
  4. #13,317Byron5
  5. #13,317Aaisha5
  6. #13,317Aasia5
  7. #13,317Abagale5

Tied with 2,293 names at #13,317; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. 2,282Darian#2,989#707
  2. 1,958Payton#2,660#702
  3. 1,450Peyton#2,034#584
  4. 1,115Chandler#1,656#541
  5. 1,080Brianda#1,857#777
Fallers
  1. 855Rebeccah#1,000#1,855
  2. 725Ieshia#717#1,442
  3. 502Miesha#997#1,499
  4. 470Unknown#794#1,264
  5. 356Phylicia#928#1,284

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 2,372 of them was named Byron, which outranked 96.8% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Byron
  1. #310Terrell849
  2. #312Ernesto847
  3. #313Geoffrey845
  4. #314Byron842
  5. #315Dean836
  6. #316Forrest832
  7. #317Dominick821
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. 6,348Dalvin#7,271#923
  2. 3,435Jalen#3,813#378
  3. 2,026Davante#2,828#802
  4. 1,555Davonta#2,469#914
  5. 1,383Juwan#2,344#961
Fallers
  1. 2,632Unnamed#972#3,604
  2. 450Octavius#945#1,395
  3. 398Male#679#1,077
  4. 394Khiry#915#1,309
  5. 379Dijon#915#1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1992