Floyd

Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · #2,230 for boys in 2025, 63 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1905 · 523 births
Debut · boys
206 births
In top 100 · boys
60 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
154,370
since 1880

Floyd over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #44, 1905boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,23063
2024#2,13369
2023#2,51053
2022#2,24364
2021#1,94377
2020#2,02470
2019#1,89978
2018#1,79285
2017#1,63097
2016#1,456118
2015#1,531107
2014#1,73087
2013#1,65991
2012#1,83280
2011#1,68788
2010#1,83479
2009#1,556105
2008#1,504108
2007#1,433113
2006#1,56294
2005#1,47898
2004#1,304114
2003#1,324104
2002#1,244109
2001#1,143121
2000#1,040139
1999#1,126117
1998#977141
1997#931145
1996#960134
1995#893150
1994#784184
1993#690224
1992#13,3175#740195
1991#648247
1990#638251
1989#568293
1988#554275
1987#11,3255#490326
1986#10,9125#481328
1985#499303
1984#465330
1983#10,2755#439356
1982#10,5175#421395
1981#390431
1980#10,3925#386444
1979#380448
1978#354477
1977#9,6525#354490
1976#8,1566#360448
1975#334521
1974#8,7755#309591
1973#4,15514#297606
1972#8,2925#304610
1971#283735
1970#5,4139#280754
1969#6,6176#260799
1968#249828
1967#3,84512#237872
1966#229942
1965#6,5395#2251,055
1964#3,51514#2191,200
1963#4,01911#2161,293
1962#4,01111#2091,343
1961#4,8828#2031,439
1960#3,68812#1981,465
1959#3,82711#1931,533
1958#3,54312#1791,627
1957#3,48912#1701,825
1956#2,92916#1721,729
1955#4,0699#1651,714
1954#3,9679#1521,871
1953#3,26912#1521,875
1952#3,55210#1491,860
1951#3,28411#1401,935
1950#2,78114#1431,890
1949#2,41017#1332,021
1948#2,58915#1342,040
1947#3,06112#1302,212
1946#2,39216#1212,124
1945#2,45813#1141,986
1944#2,62512#1102,096
1943#3,8017#1122,226
1942#1,86021#1132,172
1941#3,2528#1022,109
1940#2,10915#1032,012
1939#2,03816#942,094
1938#2,22514#962,146
1937#1,99916#802,388
1936#1,64021#862,228
1935#1,66321#762,506
1934#1,55623#732,533
1933#1,51324#692,541
1932#1,34630#682,667
1931#1,54924#662,707
1930#1,46028#613,077
1929#1,33932#583,079
1928#1,33833#543,338
1927#1,19442#533,549
1926#1,24339#533,623
1925#1,40933#583,524
1924#1,61228#663,165
1923#1,42832#643,143
1922#1,16843#613,221
1921#1,62527#633,255
1920#1,70824#613,260
1919#1,24237#593,121
1918#1,45129#613,235
1917#1,28132#622,820
1916#1,58123#602,783
1915#1,33928#592,824
1914#1,48019#582,090
1913#1,35818#581,740
1912#1,25218#591,438
1911#1,30013#57734
1910#1,6349#55687
1909#1,4719#53570
1908#1,13513#55529
1907#2,0615#53521
1906#1,3219#54458
1905#1,16211#44523
1904#1,8775#52446
1903#1,02712#46472
1902#47471
1901#1,1369#46423
1900#1,00814#48555
1899#1,3946#52356
1898#1,3797#51434
1897#1,1678#48451
1896#1,04710#55396
1895#1,5925#51427
1894#99810#46445
1893#95510#59351
1892#1,2786#52420
1891#1,0068#53336
1890#1,2106#60341
1889#75712#63313
1888#1,0367#67302
1887#73232
1886#7789#66275
1885#1,0475#70259
1884#70263
1883#73217
1882#76231
1881#78178
1880#75206
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Floyd was already there! It came in at #75, and was given to 206 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2019–2025, when fewer than 79 boys a year got the name.

See more about Floyd
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 97 spots since 2024 (#2,133#2,230)
  • 206 spots since 2020 (#2,024#2,230)
  • 699 spots since 2015 (#1,531#2,230)
  • Biggest jump: 50 spots in 1993 (#740#690)
  • Biggest drop: 149 spots in 1999 (#977#1,126)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1905 at #44 (523 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 85 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 60 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 60 yrs · run 1880–1939
  • Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1880–1998
Share of babies · boys
1 in 250
  • Highest: 1 in 250 boys born in 1897 were named Floyd (0.40%)
  • Latest: 1 in 27,112 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #44 in 1905, was only 1 in 253 (0.40%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.5% of all boys named Floyd (33,157) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,476#63 (1889)#71
1890s3,957#46 (1894)#53
1900s4,968#44 (1905)#50
1910s21,472#55 (1910)#59
1920s33,157#53 (1926)#59
1930s24,887#61 (1930)#77
1940s20,998#102 (1941)#117
1950s17,859#140 (1951)#162
1960s11,236#198 (1960)#225
1970s5,680#280 (1970)#326
1980s3,481#386 (1980)#469
1990s1,788#638 (1990)#839
2000s1,105#1,040 (2000)#1,359
2010s910#1,456 (2016)#1,705
2020s396#1,943 (2021)#2,181

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.

Floyd in 1974

girls
#8,775
5 births · 1 in 293,507 girls
boys
#309
591 births · 1 in 2,660 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #8,775Floyd5

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #309Floyd591
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 293,507 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 14.4% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floyd
  1. #7,680Zorica6
  2. #7,680Zully6
  3. #7,680Zuri6
  4. #8,775Floyd5
  5. #8,775Aaronette5
  6. #8,775Abbigail5
  7. #8,775Abeni5

Tied with 1,472 names at #8,775; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 6,440Nakia#6,666#226
  2. 5,329Nikia#6,080#751
  3. 1,994Luciana#2,914#920
  4. 1,556Cortney#2,349#793
  5. 1,213Nia#1,885#672
Fallers
  1. 1,251Contina#962#2,213
  2. 396Pam#990#1,386
  3. 376Tracee#536#912
  4. 364Cher#760#1,124
  5. 314Richard#904#1,218

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

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 2,660 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 94.9% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floyd
  1. #306Darrin594
  2. #307Devin593
  3. #307Guy593
  4. #309Floyd591
  5. #310Arturo590
  6. #311Jackie589
  7. #312Tyson586
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. 3,544Rashad#4,505#961
  2. 844Telly#1,312#468
  3. 398Jabari#1,312#914
  4. 356Ahmad#1,123#767
  5. 356Toma#1,238#882
Fallers
  1. 383Parrish#987#1,370
  2. 378Fredric#957#1,335
  3. 346Jory#753#1,099
  4. 301Vidal#834#1,135
  5. 277Pat#847#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1974