Cloyd
Last seen for boys in 1993 at #7,638
- Peak · boys
- 1892 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,050since 1880
Cloyd over time
Rank among boys' names. Cloyd has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #1,774 | 20 |
| 1964 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #1,635 | 24 |
| 1960 | #1,692 | 23 |
| 1959 | #1,501 | 28 |
| 1958 | #1,644 | 23 |
| 1957 | #1,583 | 25 |
| 1956 | #1,722 | 21 |
| 1955 | #1,370 | 31 |
| 1954 | #1,311 | 33 |
| 1953 | #1,455 | 27 |
| 1952 | #1,517 | 25 |
| 1951 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1950 | #1,123 | 40 |
| 1949 | #1,047 | 45 |
| 1948 | #1,107 | 41 |
| 1947 | #1,116 | 42 |
| 1946 | #1,045 | 43 |
| 1945 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1944 | #1,120 | 35 |
| 1943 | #1,018 | 43 |
| 1942 | #985 | 46 |
| 1941 | #905 | 49 |
| 1940 | #893 | 50 |
| 1939 | #1,120 | 33 |
| 1938 | #816 | 57 |
| 1937 | #1,000 | 40 |
| 1936 | #816 | 56 |
| 1935 | #814 | 58 |
| 1934 | #808 | 59 |
| 1933 | #812 | 58 |
| 1932 | #888 | 52 |
| 1931 | #887 | 52 |
| 1930 | #892 | 55 |
| 1929 | #771 | 69 |
| 1928 | #796 | 67 |
| 1927 | #780 | 71 |
| 1926 | #737 | 75 |
| 1925 | #697 | 86 |
| 1924 | #823 | 67 |
| 1923 | #803 | 69 |
| 1922 | #905 | 59 |
| 1921 | #722 | 83 |
| 1920 | #775 | 73 |
| 1919 | #673 | 85 |
| 1918 | #645 | 91 |
| 1917 | #723 | 72 |
| 1916 | #757 | 65 |
| 1915 | #632 | 84 |
| 1914 | #777 | 46 |
| 1913 | #897 | 30 |
| 1912 | #765 | 32 |
| 1911 | #707 | 20 |
| 1910 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #657 | 16 |
| 1907 | #735 | 13 |
| 1906 | #752 | 11 |
| 1905 | #699 | 12 |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #651 | 12 |
| 1901 | #779 | 8 |
| 1900 | #902 | 9 |
| 1899 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #701 | 10 |
| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | #685 | 10 |
| 1894 | #631 | 11 |
| 1893 | #572 | 12 |
| 1892 | #445 | 19 |
| 1891 | #497 | 13 |
| 1890 | #629 | 10 |
| 1889 | #549 | 12 |
| 1888 | #554 | 13 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #765 | 7 |
| 1884 | #547 | 12 |
| 1883 | #644 | 9 |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | #563 | 10 |
| 1880 | #526 | 12 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cloyd was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1978, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Cloyd is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#299 · 1 in 5,080
- Ohio#440 · 1 in 10,543
Best ever in a state: #148 in Utah, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #299 | 15 | 1 in 5,080 |
| Ohio | #440 | 5 | 1 in 10,543 |
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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 Cloyd
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
- Biggest jump: 506 spots in 1905 (#1,205 → #699)
- Biggest drop: 498 spots in 1909 (#657 → #1,155)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1892 at #445 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1910–1938
- Highest: 1 in 6,423 boys born in 1892 were named Cloyd (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 326,888 boys born in 1993 (0.00%)
- 23.6% of all boys named Cloyd (719) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 97 | #526 (1880) | #636 |
| 1890s | 109 | #445 (1892) | #662 |
| 1900s | 102 | #651 (1902) | #832 |
| 1910s | 536 | #632 (1915) | #756 |
| 1920s | 719 | #697 (1925) | #781 |
| 1930s | 520 | #808 (1934) | #885 |
| 1940s | 420 | #893 (1940) | #1,053 |
| 1950s | 277 | #1,123 (1950) | #1,475 |
| 1960s | 153 | #1,635 (1961) | #2,189 |
| 1970s | 75 | #2,125 (1970) | #4,056 |
| 1980s | 31 | #4,153 (1981) | #5,828 |
| 1990s | 11 | #7,638 (1993) | #7,878 |
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.
Cloyd in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 19,459 of them was named Cloyd, which outranked 79.8% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).