Loyd

Last seen for girls in 1934 at #3,802 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1919 · 604 births
Debut · boys
14 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
22,436
since 1880

Loyd over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Loyd has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #206, 1919boys
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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#12,0085
2024#9,8947
2023#10,8216
2022
2021#9,7147
2020
2019#7,64310
2018#12,1565
2017#8,8408
2016#12,1855
2015#9,5687
2014#12,1085
2013#9,6557
2012#8,8648
2011#10,8086
2010#8,1399
2009#8,9858
2008#8,3249
2007
2006#10,6626
2005#7,09610
2004#11,3565
2003#8,6437
2002#7,0559
2001#5,66712
2000#6,31610
1999#4,53715
1998#4,65014
1997#5,64210
1996#3,40620
1995#4,28014
1994#3,46919
1993#2,94323
1992#2,90923
1991#2,82823
1990#2,95221
1989#2,02735
1988#1,79038
1987#2,40023
1986#1,69437
1985#1,97529
1984#1,60637
1983#1,71133
1982#1,32050
1981#1,20757
1980#1,15462
1979#1,75332
1978#1,35246
1977#1,28948
1976#1,10059
1975#99468
1974#1,10955
1973#1,04560
1972#96870
1971#775110
1970#796105
1969#83684
1968#77691
1967#726104
1966#76690
1965#717107
1964#729111
1963#625156
1962#642146
1961#597175
1960#640148
1959#575185
1958#591171
1957#559190
1956#530198
1955#507211
1954#525192
1953#464232
1952#450247
1951#444231
1950#420255
1949#435236
1948#412268
1947#386313
1946#362326
1945#389236
1944#352289
1943#347316
1942#326343
1941#322334
1940#309331
1939#289366
1938#290355
1937#283372
1936#285356
1935#278383
1934#3,8026#283363
1933#3,7536#261407
1932#255448
1931#3,8486#229515
1930#3,0559#252499
1929#4,0536#241506
1928#2,62312#240540
1927#225599
1926#3,8737#219623
1925#236554
1924#4,4346#223605
1923#211606
1922#229582
1921#4,4646#222600
1920#3,9577#222582
1919#206604
1918#3,02410#218567
1917#225488
1916#228467
1915#4,2745#228436
1914#242312
1913#248235
1912#254196
1911#214137
1910#23699
1909#24979
1908#27461
1907#25468
1906#23470
1905#27053
1904#25457
1903#21270
1902#23261
1901#22360
1900#25464
1899#24646
1898#23455
1897#21461
1896#24356
1895#23755
1894#29136
1893#25349
1892#28441
1891#30829
1890#30232
1889#31331
1888#34928
1887#36620
1886#38321
1885#35524
1884#31830
1883#49713
1882#45316
1881#53311
1880#48214
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Loyd was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2007, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Loyd
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 2,114 spots since 2024 (#9,894#12,008)
  • 2,440 spots since 2015 (#9,568#12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 179 spots in 1884 (#497#318)
  • Biggest drop: 193 spots in 1972 (#775#968)
Rise & fade · boys
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1919 at #206 (604 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 94 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1972
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,623
  • Highest: 1 in 1,623 boys born in 1919 were named Loyd (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 25.8% of all boys named Loyd (5,797) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s208#313 (1889)#405
1890s460#214 (1897)#261
1900s643#212 (1903)#246
1910s3,541#206 (1919)#230
1920s5,797#211 (1923)#227
1930s4,064#229 (1931)#271
1940s2,992#309 (1940)#364
1950s2,112#420 (1950)#507
1960s1,212#597 (1961)#705
1970s653#775 (1971)#1,118
1980s401#1,154 (1980)#1,688
1990s182#2,828 (1991)#3,762
2000s76#5,667 (2001)#8,234
2010s70#7,643 (2019)#9,997
2020s25#9,714 (2021)#10,609

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.

Loyd in 1915

girls
#4,274
5 births · 1 in 196,770 girls
boys
#228
436 births · 1 in 1,946 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #4,274Loyd5

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #228Loyd436
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 196,770 of them was named Loyd, which outranked 14.0% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Loyd
  1. #3,795Zillah6
  2. #3,795Zillie6
  3. #3,795Zorka6
  4. #4,274Loyd5
  5. #4,274Aagot5
  6. #4,274Achsah5
  7. #4,274Adabelle5

Tied with 693 names at #4,274; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

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

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 1,946 of them was named Loyd, which outranked 94.8% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Loyd
  1. #225Dean453
  2. #226Ross451
  3. #227Allan441
  4. #228Loyd436
  5. #229Harley434
  6. #229Mack434
  7. #231Reuben431
Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915