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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #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 1949

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedAKMaine: #127 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 813 boysMEVermont: #105 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 647 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedNHWashington: #210 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,912 boysWAIdaho: #152 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 839 boysIDMontana: #133 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 792 boysMTNorth Dakota: #188 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,471 boysNDMinnesota: #175 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,664 boysMNIllinois: #150 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 1,265 boysILWisconsin: #179 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,959 boysWIMichigan: #134 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 1,012 boysMINew York: #156 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 1,756 boysNYMassachusetts: #289 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,445 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedRIOregon: #129 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 811 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedNVWyoming: #100 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 499 boysWYSouth Dakota: #112 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 596 boysSDIowa: #156 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,185 boysIAIndiana: #122 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 829 boysINOhio: #128 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 971 boysOHPennsylvania: #139 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 1,547 boysPANew Jersey: #157 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,994 boysNJConnecticut: #212 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,728 boysCTCalifornia: #176 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 1,338 boysCAUtah: #112 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 602 boysUTColorado: #115 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 628 boysCONebraska: #197 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,597 boysNEMissouri: #118 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 679 boysMOKentucky: #106 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 632 boysKYWest Virginia: #111 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 713 boysWVVirginia: #88 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 438 boysVAMaryland: #140 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,030 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedDEArizona: #118 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 536 boysAZNew Mexico: #125 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 535 boysNMKansas: #121 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 638 boysKSArkansas: #50 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 263 boysARTennessee: #72 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 429 boysTNNorth Carolina: #100 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 520 boysNCSouth Carolina: #119 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 622 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #147 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,107 boysDCOklahoma: #75 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 353 boysOKLouisiana: #79 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 345 boysLAMississippi: #76 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 354 boysMSAlabama: #116 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 626 boysALGeorgia: #131 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 770 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedHITexas: #120 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 588 boysTXFlorida: #161 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 973 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#50 · 1 in 263
  2. Tennessee#72 · 1 in 429
  3. Oklahoma#75 · 1 in 353
  4. Mississippi#76 · 1 in 354
  5. Louisiana#79 · 1 in 345

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#50861 in 263
Tennessee#72911 in 429
Oklahoma#75661 in 353
Mississippi#76821 in 354
Louisiana#791011 in 345
Virginia#88841 in 438
North Carolina#100971 in 520
Wyoming#10061 in 499
Vermont#10561 in 647
Kentucky#106571 in 632
West Virginia#111351 in 713
South Dakota#112131 in 596
Utah#112161 in 602
Colorado#115251 in 628
Alabama#116621 in 626
Arizona#118181 in 536
Missouri#118611 in 679
South Carolina#119461 in 622
Texas#1201711 in 588
Kansas#121311 in 638
Indiana#122541 in 829
New Mexico#125181 in 535
Maine#127121 in 813
Ohio#128941 in 971
Oregon#129201 in 811
Georgia#131571 in 770
Montana#13381 in 792
Michigan#134751 in 1,012
Pennsylvania#139701 in 1,547
Maryland#140231 in 1,030
District of Columbia#147111 in 1,107
Illinois#150721 in 1,265
Idaho#15281 in 839
Iowa#156251 in 1,185
New York#156851 in 1,756
New Jersey#157231 in 1,994
Florida#161301 in 973
Minnesota#175211 in 1,664
California#176901 in 1,338
Wisconsin#179201 in 1,959
North Dakota#18851 in 1,471
Nebraska#19791 in 1,597
Washington#210141 in 1,912
Connecticut#21251 in 3,728
Massachusetts#28951 in 9,445
Alaska———
Delaware———
Hawaii———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
Rhode Island———

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 1949

girls
#2,410
17 births · 1 in 100,640 girls
boys
#133
2,021 births · 1 in 878 boys

Top girls' names in 1949

  1. #1Linda91,015
  2. #2Mary66,874
  3. #3Patricia46,324
  4. #4Barbara42,600
  5. #5Susan37,709
  6. #6Sandra30,643
  7. #7Nancy29,249
  8. #8Carol26,780
  9. #9Kathleen26,357
  10. #10Sharon25,713
  11. #2,410Floyd17

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #133Floyd2,021
More about 1949

girls

1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 100,640 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 60.3% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floyd
  1. #2,340Viva18
  2. #2,340Zena18
  3. #2,340Zula18
  4. #2,410Floyd17
  5. #2,410Aggie17
  6. #2,410Annalee17
  7. #2,410Ardyth17
  8. #2,514Alba16
  9. #2,514Alesia16
  10. #2,514Alexia16

Tied with 103 names at #2,410; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. ↑ 937Sharman#1,708 → #771
  2. ↑ 665Roseanna#1,422 → #757
  3. ↑ 483Shauna#1,173 → #690
  4. ↑ 293Jacalyn#1,116 → #823
  5. ↑ 267Sanjuana#1,185 → #918
Fallers
  1. ↓ 339Sandie#939 → #1,278
  2. ↓ 296Syble#955 → #1,251
  3. ↓ 272Shirleen#964 → #1,236
  4. ↓ 266Ginny#734 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 260Dina#861 → #1,121

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

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 878 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 96.8% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floyd
  1. #130Jimmie2,091
  2. #131Clyde2,084
  3. #132Lewis2,081
  4. #133Floyd2,021
  5. #134Lonnie2,018
  6. #135Benjamin2,016
  7. #136Nicholas1,998
Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. ↑ 538Lannie#1,107 → #569
  2. ↑ 411Lenwood#1,296 → #885
  3. ↑ 338Robby#1,296 → #958
  4. ↑ 326Ocie#1,323 → #997
  5. ↑ 319Denzil#1,127 → #808
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Loyal#989 → #1,462
  2. ↓ 446Rich#963 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 395Brock#733 → #1,128
  4. ↓ 376Baron#972 → #1,348
  5. ↓ 333Murry#989 → #1,322

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

See the top 100 for 1949 →