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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #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 1928

girls
#2,623
12 births · 1 in 96,110 girls
boys
#240
540 births · 1 in 2,051 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #2,623Loyd12

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #240Loyd540
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 96,110 of them was named Loyd, which outranked 51.8% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Loyd
  1. #2,497Willma13
  2. #2,497Zeta13
  3. #2,497Zoila13
  4. #2,623Loyd12
  5. #2,623Adrian12
  6. #2,623Albertia12
  7. #2,623Alvie12
  8. #2,768Adda11
  9. #2,768Adelfa11
  10. #2,768Altagracia11

Tied with 144 names at #2,623; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

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

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 2,051 of them was named Loyd, which outranked 94.9% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Loyd
  1. #237Byron546
  2. #238Ellis544
  3. #239Johnie543
  4. #240Loyd540
  5. #241Isaac534
  6. #242Rex519
  7. #243Burton518
Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 1,009Fidencio#1,959#950
  2. 766Hoover#1,128#362
  3. 700Reyes#1,692#992
  4. 441Arlen#1,227#786
  5. 392Arland#1,372#980
Fallers
  1. 2,975Shoji#722#3,697
  2. 529Alvan#951#1,480
  3. 418Watson#964#1,382
  4. 412Judge#911#1,323
  5. 363Donato#990#1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928