Boyd
Boyd is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 65 births. Its best rank was 228th, in 1899.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 650.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1922508 births
- Best rank
- #228in 1899
- Since 1880
- 27,605people given the name
The story in the numbers
27,605 boys have been named Boyd in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 508 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1943, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 103 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Boyd | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 311 | |
| 1890s | 371 | |
| 1900s | 510 | |
| 1910s | 2,781 | |
| 1920s | 4,562 | |
| 1930s | 3,957 | |
| 1940s | 3,735 | |
| 1950s | 3,714 | |
| 1960s | 3,133 | |
| 1970s | 1,478 | |
| 1980s | 742 | |
| 1990s | 544 | |
| 2000s | 457 | |
| 2010s | 856 | |
| 2020s | 454 |
In 1922, its biggest year
Boyd was the 248th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1922 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Boyd
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Meltonpeak 1921
- Carlpeak 1956
- Ralphpeak 1921
- Raypeak 1926
- Alvinpeak 1927
- Howardpeak 1921
- Petepeak 1959
- Cliffordpeak 1925
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.