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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #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 1926

girls
#3,873
7 births · 1 in 169,343 girls
boys
#219
623 births · 1 in 1,783 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #3,873Loyd7

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #219Loyd623
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 169,343 of them was named Loyd, which outranked 31.1% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Loyd
  1. #3,564Wylodean8
  2. #3,564Zane8
  3. #3,564Zonia8
  4. #3,873Loyd7
  5. #3,873Adalee7
  6. #3,873Adelita7
  7. #3,873Adrianne7
  8. #4,306Acie6
  9. #4,306Adamae6
  10. #4,306Ader6

Tied with 432 names at #3,873; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 1,047Janell#1,795#748
  2. 389Madalyn#1,225#836
  3. 382Evangelina#1,324#942
  4. 379Carla#1,252#873
  5. 351Vilma#1,020#669
Fallers
  1. 597Albertine#944#1,541
  2. 462Cleora#895#1,357
  3. 461Lorrayne#988#1,449
  4. 453Hermina#996#1,449
  5. 307Ethelene#913#1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 1,783 of them was named Loyd, which outranked 95.5% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Loyd
  1. #216Wendell640
  2. #217Malcolm629
  3. #218Fredrick625
  4. #219Loyd623
  5. #220Ramon615
  6. #221Laurence610
  7. #222Myron609
Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 477Jonnie#1,332#855
  2. 433Jorge#1,425#992
  3. 410Faustino#1,390#980
  4. 404Adelbert#1,246#842
  5. 381Cameron#1,164#783
Fallers
  1. 531Okey#984#1,515
  2. 459Florentino#973#1,432
  3. 407Rexford#924#1,331
  4. 380Marshal#973#1,353
  5. 378Coolidge#746#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926