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
- Peak · boys
- 1919 · 604 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 22,436since 1880
Loyd over time
Rank among boys' names. Loyd has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,650 | 14 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,406 | 20 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,469 | 19 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,943 | 23 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,909 | 23 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,828 | 23 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,952 | 21 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,027 | 35 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,790 | 38 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,400 | 23 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,694 | 37 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,975 | 29 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,606 | 37 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,711 | 33 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,320 | 50 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,207 | 57 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,154 | 62 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,753 | 32 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,352 | 46 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,289 | 48 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,100 | 59 | |
| 1975 | — | #994 | 68 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,109 | 55 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,045 | 60 | |
| 1972 | — | #968 | 70 | |
| 1971 | — | #775 | 110 | |
| 1970 | — | #796 | 105 | |
| 1969 | — | #836 | 84 | |
| 1968 | — | #776 | 91 | |
| 1967 | — | #726 | 104 | |
| 1966 | — | #766 | 90 | |
| 1965 | — | #717 | 107 | |
| 1964 | — | #729 | 111 | |
| 1963 | — | #625 | 156 | |
| 1962 | — | #642 | 146 | |
| 1961 | — | #597 | 175 | |
| 1960 | — | #640 | 148 | |
| 1959 | — | #575 | 185 | |
| 1958 | — | #591 | 171 | |
| 1957 | — | #559 | 190 | |
| 1956 | — | #530 | 198 | |
| 1955 | — | #507 | 211 | |
| 1954 | — | #525 | 192 | |
| 1953 | — | #464 | 232 | |
| 1952 | — | #450 | 247 | |
| 1951 | — | #444 | 231 | |
| 1950 | — | #420 | 255 | |
| 1949 | — | #435 | 236 | |
| 1948 | — | #412 | 268 | |
| 1947 | — | #386 | 313 | |
| 1946 | — | #362 | 326 | |
| 1945 | — | #389 | 236 | |
| 1944 | — | #352 | 289 | |
| 1943 | — | #347 | 316 | |
| 1942 | — | #326 | 343 | |
| 1941 | — | #322 | 334 | |
| 1940 | — | #309 | 331 | |
| 1939 | — | #289 | 366 | |
| 1938 | — | #290 | 355 | |
| 1937 | — | #283 | 372 | |
| 1936 | — | #285 | 356 | |
| 1935 | — | #278 | 383 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #283 | 363 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #261 | 407 |
| 1932 | — | #255 | 448 | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #229 | 515 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #252 | 499 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #241 | 506 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | #240 | 540 |
| 1927 | — | #225 | 599 | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #219 | 623 |
| 1925 | — | #236 | 554 | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #223 | 605 |
| 1923 | — | #211 | 606 | |
| 1922 | — | #229 | 582 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #222 | 600 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #222 | 582 |
| 1919 | — | #206 | 604 | |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #218 | 567 |
| 1917 | — | #225 | 488 | |
| 1916 | — | #228 | 467 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #228 | 436 |
| 1914 | — | #242 | 312 | |
| 1913 | — | #248 | 235 | |
| 1912 | — | #254 | 196 | |
| 1911 | — | #214 | 137 | |
| 1910 | — | #236 | 99 | |
| 1909 | — | #249 | 79 | |
| 1908 | — | #274 | 61 | |
| 1907 | — | #254 | 68 | |
| 1906 | — | #234 | 70 | |
| 1905 | — | #270 | 53 | |
| 1904 | — | #254 | 57 | |
| 1903 | — | #212 | 70 | |
| 1902 | — | #232 | 61 | |
| 1901 | — | #223 | 60 | |
| 1900 | — | #254 | 64 | |
| 1899 | — | #246 | 46 | |
| 1898 | — | #234 | 55 | |
| 1897 | — | #214 | 61 | |
| 1896 | — | #243 | 56 | |
| 1895 | — | #237 | 55 | |
| 1894 | — | #291 | 36 | |
| 1893 | — | #253 | 49 | |
| 1892 | — | #284 | 41 | |
| 1891 | — | #308 | 29 | |
| 1890 | — | #302 | 32 | |
| 1889 | — | #313 | 31 | |
| 1888 | — | #349 | 28 | |
| 1887 | — | #366 | 20 | |
| 1886 | — | #383 | 21 | |
| 1885 | — | #355 | 24 | |
| 1884 | — | #318 | 30 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #453 | 16 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #482 | 14 | |
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.
Where Loyd is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#134 · 1 in 713
- Oklahoma#146 · 1 in 820
- Missouri#166 · 1 in 1,168
- Tennessee#175 · 1 in 1,269
- Kentucky#181 · 1 in 1,298
Best ever in a state: #64 in Oklahoma, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #134 | 27 | 1 in 713 |
| Oklahoma | #146 | 26 | 1 in 820 |
| Missouri | #166 | 25 | 1 in 1,168 |
| Tennessee | #175 | 22 | 1 in 1,269 |
| Kentucky | #181 | 22 | 1 in 1,298 |
| Mississippi | #203 | 15 | 1 in 1,453 |
| Alabama | #217 | 17 | 1 in 1,695 |
| Texas | #228 | 48 | 1 in 1,296 |
| West Virginia | #230 | 10 | 1 in 1,938 |
| New Mexico | #235 | 5 | 1 in 1,192 |
| Georgia | #236 | 15 | 1 in 2,076 |
| South Carolina | #255 | 9 | 1 in 2,357 |
| Louisiana | #262 | 13 | 1 in 1,741 |
| Iowa | #271 | 6 | 1 in 3,507 |
| North Carolina | #305 | 11 | 1 in 3,363 |
| Indiana | #330 | 5 | 1 in 5,686 |
| Illinois | #376 | 8 | 1 in 7,362 |
| Virginia | #377 | 5 | 1 in 4,889 |
| California | #492 | 6 | 1 in 8,784 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Loyd
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1919 at #206 (604 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1972
- 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%)
- 25.8% of all boys named Loyd (5,797) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 208 | #313 (1889) | #405 |
| 1890s | 460 | #214 (1897) | #261 |
| 1900s | 643 | #212 (1903) | #246 |
| 1910s | 3,541 | #206 (1919) | #230 |
| 1920s | 5,797 | #211 (1923) | #227 |
| 1930s | 4,064 | #229 (1931) | #271 |
| 1940s | 2,992 | #309 (1940) | #364 |
| 1950s | 2,112 | #420 (1950) | #507 |
| 1960s | 1,212 | #597 (1961) | #705 |
| 1970s | 653 | #775 (1971) | #1,118 |
| 1980s | 401 | #1,154 (1980) | #1,688 |
| 1990s | 182 | #2,828 (1991) | #3,762 |
| 2000s | 76 | #5,667 (2001) | #8,234 |
| 2010s | 70 | #7,643 (2019) | #9,997 |
| 2020s | 25 | #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 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 3,502 of them was named Loyd, which outranked 92.2% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.