Cloyd

Where Cloyd comes from

The dictionaries list Cloyd as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #526 among boys — 12 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1892
    Peak, #445
    19 babies named Cloyd — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1896
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #900.
  4. 1927
    Cloyd Boyer born
    American baseball player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname
Namesakes
  • Cloyd Boyer · American baseball player, 1927–2021

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.