Floyd

Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · #2,230 for boys in 2025, 63 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1905 · 523 births
Debut · boys
206 births
In top 100 · boys
60 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
154,370
since 1880

Floyd over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #44, 1905boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,23063
2024—#2,13369
2023—#2,51053
2022—#2,24364
2021—#1,94377
2020—#2,02470
2019—#1,89978
2018—#1,79285
2017—#1,63097
2016—#1,456118
2015—#1,531107
2014—#1,73087
2013—#1,65991
2012—#1,83280
2011—#1,68788
2010—#1,83479
2009—#1,556105
2008—#1,504108
2007—#1,433113
2006—#1,56294
2005—#1,47898
2004—#1,304114
2003—#1,324104
2002—#1,244109
2001—#1,143121
2000—#1,040139
1999—#1,126117
1998—#977141
1997—#931145
1996—#960134
1995—#893150
1994—#784184
1993—#690224
1992#13,3175#740195
1991—#648247
1990—#638251
1989—#568293
1988—#554275
1987#11,3255#490326
1986#10,9125#481328
1985—#499303
1984—#465330
1983#10,2755#439356
1982#10,5175#421395
1981—#390431
1980#10,3925#386444
1979—#380448
1978—#354477
1977#9,6525#354490
1976#8,1566#360448
1975—#334521
1974#8,7755#309591
1973#4,15514#297606
1972#8,2925#304610
1971—#283735
1970#5,4139#280754
1969#6,6176#260799
1968—#249828
1967#3,84512#237872
1966—#229942
1965#6,5395#2251,055
1964#3,51514#2191,200
1963#4,01911#2161,293
1962#4,01111#2091,343
1961#4,8828#2031,439
1960#3,68812#1981,465
1959#3,82711#1931,533
1958#3,54312#1791,627
1957#3,48912#1701,825
1956#2,92916#1721,729
1955#4,0699#1651,714
1954#3,9679#1521,871
1953#3,26912#1521,875
1952#3,55210#1491,860
1951#3,28411#1401,935
1950#2,78114#1431,890
1949#2,41017#1332,021
1948#2,58915#1342,040
1947#3,06112#1302,212
1946#2,39216#1212,124
1945#2,45813#1141,986
1944#2,62512#1102,096
1943#3,8017#1122,226
1942#1,86021#1132,172
1941#3,2528#1022,109
1940#2,10915#1032,012
1939#2,03816#942,094
1938#2,22514#962,146
1937#1,99916#802,388
1936#1,64021#862,228
1935#1,66321#762,506
1934#1,55623#732,533
1933#1,51324#692,541
1932#1,34630#682,667
1931#1,54924#662,707
1930#1,46028#613,077
1929#1,33932#583,079
1928#1,33833#543,338
1927#1,19442#533,549
1926#1,24339#533,623
1925#1,40933#583,524
1924#1,61228#663,165
1923#1,42832#643,143
1922#1,16843#613,221
1921#1,62527#633,255
1920#1,70824#613,260
1919#1,24237#593,121
1918#1,45129#613,235
1917#1,28132#622,820
1916#1,58123#602,783
1915#1,33928#592,824
1914#1,48019#582,090
1913#1,35818#581,740
1912#1,25218#591,438
1911#1,30013#57734
1910#1,6349#55687
1909#1,4719#53570
1908#1,13513#55529
1907#2,0615#53521
1906#1,3219#54458
1905#1,16211#44523
1904#1,8775#52446
1903#1,02712#46472
1902—#47471
1901#1,1369#46423
1900#1,00814#48555
1899#1,3946#52356
1898#1,3797#51434
1897#1,1678#48451
1896#1,04710#55396
1895#1,5925#51427
1894#99810#46445
1893#95510#59351
1892#1,2786#52420
1891#1,0068#53336
1890#1,2106#60341
1889#75712#63313
1888#1,0367#67302
1887—#73232
1886#7789#66275
1885#1,0475#70259
1884—#70263
1883—#73217
1882—#76231
1881—#78178
1880—#75206
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Floyd was already there! It came in at #75, and was given to 206 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2019–2025, when fewer than 79 boys a year got the name.

Where Floyd is popular in 1911

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedMEVermont: #38 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 103 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedNHWashington: #44 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 157 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #58 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 209 boysMNIllinois: #57 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 268 boysILWisconsin: #62 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 194 boysWIMichigan: #50 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 198 boysMINew York: #102 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 695 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #15 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 51 boysSDIowa: #31 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 103 boysIAIndiana: #49 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 190 boysINOhio: #55 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 237 boysOHPennsylvania: #90 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 602 boysPANew Jersey: #135 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,108 boysNJConnecticut: #82 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 541 boysCTCalifornia: #59 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 260 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedUTColorado: #33 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 119 boysCONebraska: #46 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 148 boysNEMissouri: #40 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 157 boysMOKentucky: #51 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 218 boysKYWest Virginia: #39 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 143 boysWVVirginia: #32 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 163 boysVAMaryland: #75 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 378 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedNMKansas: #43 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 148 boysKSArkansas: #31 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 119 boysARTennessee: #54 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 251 boysTNNorth Carolina: #47 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 228 boysNCSouth Carolina: #80 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 444 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #20 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 88 boysOKLouisiana: #54 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 255 boysLAMississippi: #82 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 377 boysMSAlabama: #46 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 216 boysALGeorgia: #60 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 280 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedHITexas: #31 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 163 boysTXFlorida: #84 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 405 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#15 · 1 in 51
  2. Oklahoma#20 · 1 in 88
  3. Iowa#31 · 1 in 103
  4. Arkansas#31 · 1 in 119
  5. Texas#31 · 1 in 163

Best ever in a state: #14 in Kansas, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#15161 in 51
Oklahoma#20391 in 88
Arkansas#31291 in 119
Iowa#31231 in 103
Texas#31561 in 163
Virginia#32351 in 163
Colorado#33111 in 119
Vermont#3851 in 103
West Virginia#39171 in 143
Missouri#40341 in 157
Kansas#43161 in 148
Washington#4491 in 157
Alabama#46291 in 216
Nebraska#46111 in 148
North Carolina#47311 in 228
Indiana#49181 in 190
Michigan#50181 in 198
Kentucky#51221 in 218
Louisiana#54171 in 255
Tennessee#54191 in 251
Ohio#55331 in 237
Illinois#57341 in 268
Minnesota#58131 in 209
California#59131 in 260
Georgia#60321 in 280
Wisconsin#62141 in 194
Maryland#7571 in 378
South Carolina#80131 in 444
Connecticut#8251 in 541
Mississippi#82151 in 377
Florida#8461 in 405
Pennsylvania#90301 in 602
New York#102341 in 695
New Jersey#13551 in 1,108
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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 Floyd
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 97 spots since 2024 (#2,133 → #2,230)
  • 206 spots since 2020 (#2,024 → #2,230)
  • 699 spots since 2015 (#1,531 → #2,230)
  • Biggest jump: 50 spots in 1993 (#740 → #690)
  • Biggest drop: 149 spots in 1999 (#977 → #1,126)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1905 at #44 (523 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 85 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 60 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 60 yrs · run 1880–1939
  • Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1880–1998
Share of babies · boys
1 in 250
  • Highest: 1 in 250 boys born in 1897 were named Floyd (0.40%)
  • Latest: 1 in 27,112 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #44 in 1905, was only 1 in 253 (0.40%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.5% of all boys named Floyd (33,157) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,476#63 (1889)#71
1890s3,957#46 (1894)#53
1900s4,968#44 (1905)#50
1910s21,472#55 (1910)#59
1920s33,157#53 (1926)#59
1930s24,887#61 (1930)#77
1940s20,998#102 (1941)#117
1950s17,859#140 (1951)#162
1960s11,236#198 (1960)#225
1970s5,680#280 (1970)#326
1980s3,481#386 (1980)#469
1990s1,788#638 (1990)#839
2000s1,105#1,040 (2000)#1,359
2010s910#1,456 (2016)#1,705
2020s396#1,943 (2021)#2,181

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.

Floyd in 1911

girls
#1,300
13 births · 1 in 32,178 girls
boys
#57
734 births · 1 in 308 boys

Top girls' names in 1911

  1. #1Mary24,390
  2. #2Helen11,801
  3. #3Margaret9,279
  4. #4Dorothy8,869
  5. #5Ruth8,003
  6. #6Anna6,753
  7. #7Elizabeth6,298
  8. #8Mildred6,271
  9. #9Marie5,017
  10. #10Frances4,967
  11. #1,300Floyd13

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
  11. #57Floyd734
More about 1911

girls

418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 32,178 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 54.7% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floyd
  1. #1,241Wilhelmine14
  2. #1,241Willis14
  3. #1,241Zetta14
  4. #1,300Floyd13
  5. #1,300Abby13
  6. #1,300Aili13
  7. #1,300Alexandra13
  8. #1,372Agness12
  9. #1,372Alethia12
  10. #1,372Alexandria12

Tied with 71 names at #1,300; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,003Laurette#1,935 → #932
  2. ↑ 683Glenda#1,521 → #838
  3. ↑ 680Ana#1,421 → #741
  4. ↑ 623Vilma#1,521 → #898
  5. ↑ 523Emmaline#1,421 → #898
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,194Alys#997 → #2,191
  2. ↓ 959Leana#997 → #1,956
  3. ↓ 686Coletta#859 → #1,545
  4. ↓ 686Blossom#970 → #1,656
  5. ↓ 659Otis#997 → #1,656

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

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 308 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 97.1% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floyd
  1. #54Bernard777
  2. #55Russell770
  3. #56Theodore753
  4. #57Floyd734
  5. #58Chester708
  6. #59Leroy706
  7. #60Edwin699
Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 900Vincenzo#1,589 → #689
  2. ↑ 900Wyman#1,589 → #689
  3. ↑ 882Rodger#1,589 → #707
  4. ↑ 796Cedric#1,589 → #793
  5. ↑ 796Hughie#1,589 → #793
Fallers
  1. ↓ 881Bertha#859 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 881Arlo#859 → #1,740
  3. ↓ 831Shelton#556 → #1,387
  4. ↓ 812Guss#928 → #1,740
  5. ↓ 812Halley#928 → #1,740

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

See the top 100 for 1911 →