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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #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.

Where Loyd is popular in 1967

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedIAIndiana: #469 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,998 boysINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #884 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 23,696 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedNEMissouri: #405 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,100 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedKSArkansas: #252 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,882 boysARTennessee: #304 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,275 boysTNNorth Carolina: #469 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,167 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #275 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,238 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedLAMississippi: #330 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,943 boysMSAlabama: #442 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,867 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedHITexas: #490 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 5,559 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Loyd, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#252 · 1 in 1,882
  2. Oklahoma#275 · 1 in 2,238
  3. Tennessee#304 · 1 in 3,275
  4. Mississippi#330 · 1 in 2,943
  5. Missouri#405 · 1 in 6,100

Best ever in a state: #64 in Oklahoma, 1911.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#25281 in 1,882
Oklahoma#27581 in 2,238
Tennessee#304101 in 3,275
Mississippi#33071 in 2,943
Missouri#40561 in 6,100
Alabama#44251 in 5,867
Indiana#46951 in 8,998
North Carolina#46961 in 7,167
Texas#490181 in 5,559
California#88471 in 23,696
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Wyoming

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
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 1967

boys
#726
104 births · 1 in 16,767 boys

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #726Loyd104
More about 1967

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 16,767 of them was named Loyd, which outranked 84.0% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Loyd
  1. #723Josh105
  2. #723Mikel105
  3. #723Raphael105
  4. #726Loyd104
  5. #726Dwain104
  6. #726Jake104
  7. #726Quinton104
  8. #730Timmie103
  9. #731Emil102
  10. #732Jacques101

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,048Alfie#1,963#915
  2. 548Waylon#1,540#992
  3. 519Ariel#1,450#931
  4. 430Brendon#1,345#915
  5. 416Terrill#1,259#843
Fallers
  1. 443German#968#1,411
  2. 396Darry#916#1,312
  3. 346Regan#835#1,181
  4. 337Caleb#916#1,253
  5. 317Winfred#785#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1967