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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #44, 1905boys
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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—#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 1931

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedAKMaine: #82 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 394 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #76 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 428 boysNHWashington: #82 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 356 boysWAIdaho: #44 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 156 boysIDMontana: #59 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 238 boysMTNorth Dakota: #75 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 278 boysNDMinnesota: #57 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 249 boysMNIllinois: #74 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 399 boysILWisconsin: #78 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 341 boysWIMichigan: #71 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 339 boysMINew York: #107 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 758 boysNYMassachusetts: #219 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,719 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedRIOregon: #61 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 246 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedNVWyoming: #59 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 222 boysWYSouth Dakota: #53 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 199 boysSDIowa: #79 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 358 boysIAIndiana: #50 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 251 boysINOhio: #70 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 425 boysOHPennsylvania: #96 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 728 boysPANew Jersey: #102 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 822 boysNJConnecticut: #108 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 972 boysCTCalifornia: #121 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 577 boysCAUtah: #55 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 215 boysUTColorado: #55 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 229 boysCONebraska: #57 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 227 boysNEMissouri: #54 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 247 boysMOKentucky: #53 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 291 boysKYWest Virginia: #80 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 426 boysWVVirginia: #49 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 234 boysVAMaryland: #89 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 529 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedDEArizona: #103 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 369 boysAZNew Mexico: #131 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 505 boysNMKansas: #47 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 189 boysKSArkansas: #38 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 186 boysARTennessee: #42 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 223 boysTNNorth Carolina: #44 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 243 boysNCSouth Carolina: #93 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 513 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #34 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 172 boysOKLouisiana: #69 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 267 boysLAMississippi: #70 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 355 boysMSAlabama: #60 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 300 boysALGeorgia: #87 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 440 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedHITexas: #58 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 275 boysTXFlorida: #92 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 489 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oklahoma#34 · 1 in 172
  2. Arkansas#38 · 1 in 186
  3. Tennessee#42 · 1 in 223
  4. Idaho#44 · 1 in 156
  5. North Carolina#44 · 1 in 243

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#341261 in 172
Arkansas#38881 in 186
Tennessee#421091 in 223
Idaho#44221 in 156
North Carolina#441301 in 243
Kansas#47761 in 189
Virginia#49901 in 234
Indiana#50951 in 251
Kentucky#53851 in 291
South Dakota#53281 in 199
Missouri#541101 in 247
Colorado#55371 in 229
Utah#55221 in 215
Minnesota#57801 in 249
Nebraska#57501 in 227
Texas#582011 in 275
Montana#59161 in 238
Wyoming#5971 in 222
Alabama#60861 in 300
Oregon#61221 in 246
Louisiana#69691 in 267
Mississippi#70511 in 355
Ohio#701131 in 425
Michigan#711151 in 339
Illinois#741351 in 399
North Dakota#75211 in 278
New Hampshire#7671 in 428
Wisconsin#78691 in 341
Iowa#79531 in 358
West Virginia#80381 in 426
Maine#82161 in 394
Washington#82261 in 356
Georgia#87621 in 440
Maryland#89221 in 529
Florida#92231 in 489
South Carolina#93321 in 513
Pennsylvania#961051 in 728
New Jersey#102331 in 822
Arizona#103111 in 369
New York#1071191 in 758
Connecticut#108111 in 972
California#121631 in 577
New Mexico#13191 in 505
Massachusetts#21981 in 3,719
Alaska———
Delaware———
District of Columbia———
Hawaii———
Nevada———
Rhode Island———
Vermont———

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 1931

girls
#1,549
24 births · 1 in 44,364 girls
boys
#66
2,707 births · 1 in 384 boys

Top girls' names in 1931

  1. #1Mary60,299
  2. #2Betty36,105
  3. #3Dorothy26,524
  4. #4Barbara21,804
  5. #5Joan19,119
  6. #6Helen17,664
  7. #7Margaret17,332
  8. #8Patricia16,469
  9. #9Shirley14,405
  10. #10Doris13,629
  11. #1,549Floyd24

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #66Floyd2,707
More about 1931

girls

1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 44,364 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 68.9% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floyd
  1. #1,502Willard25
  2. #1,502Zetta25
  3. #1,502Zulema25
  4. #1,549Floyd24
  5. #1,549Adaline24
  6. #1,549Almira24
  7. #1,549Annalee24
  8. #1,594Alvena23
  9. #1,594Alverna23
  10. #1,594Amber23

Tied with 44 names at #1,549; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. ↑ 857Joretta#1,320 → #463
  2. ↑ 519Joetta#1,460 → #941
  3. ↑ 483Sondra#1,031 → #548
  4. ↑ 465Celine#1,460 → #995
  5. ↑ 343Lynne#1,274 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 377Margo#937 → #1,314
  2. ↓ 349Rachael#894 → #1,243
  3. ↓ 317Evelyne#926 → #1,243
  4. ↓ 287Vivien#971 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 283Ardeth#629 → #912

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

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 384 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 98.5% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floyd
  1. #63Russell2,942
  2. #64Gene2,766
  3. #65Andrew2,714
  4. #66Floyd2,707
  5. #67Edwin2,704
  6. #67Lloyd2,704
  7. #69Leo2,700
Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Kenton#1,753 → #959
  2. ↑ 420Wyman#1,330 → #910
  3. ↑ 408Jan#1,330 → #922
  4. ↑ 402Leopold#1,399 → #997
  5. ↑ 398Odie#1,299 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Artie#976 → #1,489
  2. ↓ 469Arnulfo#892 → #1,361
  3. ↓ 385Rose#832 → #1,217
  4. ↓ 357Ransom#976 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 343Jodie#990 → #1,333

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

See the top 100 for 1931 →