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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #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 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedAKMaine: #213 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,059 boysMEVermont: #107 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 571 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedNHWashington: #213 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,211 boysWAIdaho: #150 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 823 boysIDMontana: #152 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 937 boysMTNorth Dakota: #196 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,544 boysNDMinnesota: #188 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,290 boysMNIllinois: #168 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 1,435 boysILWisconsin: #184 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,211 boysWIMichigan: #160 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 1,231 boysMINew York: #191 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 1,954 boysNYMassachusetts: #203 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,446 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedRIOregon: #156 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,064 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #142 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 907 boysSDIowa: #153 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,283 boysIAIndiana: #128 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 833 boysINOhio: #157 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 1,270 boysOHPennsylvania: #183 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 2,191 boysPANew Jersey: #210 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,956 boysNJConnecticut: #200 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,388 boysCTCalifornia: #229 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 2,021 boysCAUtah: #212 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,421 boysUTColorado: #137 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 758 boysCONebraska: #197 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,712 boysNEMissouri: #115 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 709 boysMOKentucky: #106 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 636 boysKYWest Virginia: #137 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 982 boysWVVirginia: #129 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 674 boysVAMaryland: #151 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,039 boysMDDelaware: #113 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 708 boysDEArizona: #164 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 863 boysAZNew Mexico: #128 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 612 boysNMKansas: #122 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 675 boysKSArkansas: #82 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 374 boysARTennessee: #108 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 612 boysTNNorth Carolina: #128 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 698 boysNCSouth Carolina: #127 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 713 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #114 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 696 boysDCOklahoma: #72 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 359 boysOKLouisiana: #99 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 433 boysLAMississippi: #106 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 497 boysMSAlabama: #126 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 693 boysALGeorgia: #159 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 990 boysGAHawaii: #169 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 765 boysHITexas: #132 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 704 boysTXFlorida: #175 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 1,170 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oklahoma#72 · 1 in 359
  2. Arkansas#82 · 1 in 374
  3. Louisiana#99 · 1 in 433
  4. Mississippi#106 · 1 in 497
  5. Kentucky#106 · 1 in 636

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#72691 in 359
Arkansas#82561 in 374
Louisiana#99931 in 433
Kentucky#106581 in 636
Mississippi#106591 in 497
Vermont#10771 in 571
Tennessee#108681 in 612
Delaware#11361 in 708
District of Columbia#114211 in 696
Missouri#115661 in 709
Kansas#122361 in 675
Alabama#126561 in 693
South Carolina#127441 in 713
Indiana#128631 in 833
New Mexico#128191 in 612
North Carolina#128791 in 698
Virginia#129651 in 674
Texas#1321721 in 704
Colorado#137251 in 758
West Virginia#137231 in 982
South Dakota#14291 in 907
Idaho#15091 in 823
Maryland#151291 in 1,039
Montana#15281 in 937
Iowa#153241 in 1,283
Oregon#156171 in 1,064
Ohio#157861 in 1,270
Georgia#159491 in 990
Michigan#160761 in 1,231
Arizona#164151 in 863
Illinois#168741 in 1,435
Hawaii#16991 in 765
Florida#175351 in 1,170
Pennsylvania#183551 in 2,191
Wisconsin#184201 in 2,211
Minnesota#188171 in 2,290
New York#191871 in 1,954
North Dakota#19651 in 1,544
Nebraska#19791 in 1,712
Connecticut#20071 in 3,388
Massachusetts#203121 in 4,446
New Jersey#210191 in 2,956
Utah#21281 in 1,421
Maine#21351 in 2,059
Washington#213141 in 2,211
California#229761 in 2,021
Alaska———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
Rhode Island———
Wyoming———

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 1954

girls
#3,967
9 births · 1 in 215,768 girls
boys
#152
1,871 births · 1 in 1,090 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #3,967Floyd9

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #152Floyd1,871
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 215,768 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 40.1% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floyd
  1. #3,718Zenia10
  2. #3,718Zeta10
  3. #3,718Zetta10
  4. #3,967Floyd9
  5. #3,967Adah9
  6. #3,967Adora9
  7. #3,967Aleene9
  8. #4,278Adonna8
  9. #4,278Adriene8
  10. #4,278Alaina8

Tied with 310 names at #3,967; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

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

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 1,090 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 96.5% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floyd
  1. #149Allan1,954
  2. #149Jackie1,954
  3. #151Gene1,900
  4. #152Floyd1,871
  5. #153Juan1,870
  6. #154Brad1,846
  7. #155Wesley1,844
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 592Ricci#1,331 → #739
  2. ↑ 470Demetrius#1,357 → #887
  3. ↑ 382Crawford#1,378 → #996
  4. ↑ 310Gavin#1,139 → #829
  5. ↑ 296Dino#1,058 → #762
Fallers
  1. ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
  3. ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954 →