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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #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 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedAKMaine: #163 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,367 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedNHWashington: #204 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,474 boysWAIdaho: #245 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,495 boysIDMontana: #220 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,520 boysMTNorth Dakota: #186 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,230 boysNDMinnesota: #224 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,033 boysMNIllinois: #205 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 1,655 boysILWisconsin: #259 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,698 boysWIMichigan: #212 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 1,967 boysMINew York: #252 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 2,492 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedRIOregon: #239 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,007 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #210 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,568 boysSDIowa: #270 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,473 boysIAIndiana: #172 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 1,206 boysINOhio: #201 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 1,810 boysOHPennsylvania: #223 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 2,497 boysPANew Jersey: #230 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 2,485 boysNJConnecticut: #235 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,972 boysCTCalifornia: #253 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 1,977 boysCAUtah: #248 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,735 boysUTColorado: #193 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,123 boysCONebraska: #242 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,329 boysNEMissouri: #158 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 959 boysMOKentucky: #184 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,313 boysKYWest Virginia: #198 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,580 boysWVVirginia: #123 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 612 boysVAMaryland: #149 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 964 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedDEArizona: #181 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 943 boysAZNew Mexico: #133 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 596 boysNMKansas: #180 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,092 boysKSArkansas: #123 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 622 boysARTennessee: #146 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 897 boysTNNorth Carolina: #156 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 884 boysNCSouth Carolina: #146 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 727 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #184 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,241 boysDCOklahoma: #120 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 579 boysOKLouisiana: #129 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 578 boysLAMississippi: #113 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 507 boysMSAlabama: #147 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 756 boysALGeorgia: #167 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 928 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedHITexas: #240 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 1,319 boysTXFlorida: #197 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 1,275 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#113 · 1 in 507
  2. Oklahoma#120 · 1 in 579
  3. Virginia#123 · 1 in 612
  4. Arkansas#123 · 1 in 622
  5. Louisiana#129 · 1 in 578

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#113531 in 507
Oklahoma#120411 in 579
Arkansas#123311 in 622
Virginia#123691 in 612
Louisiana#129731 in 578
New Mexico#133231 in 596
South Carolina#146391 in 727
Tennessee#146441 in 897
Alabama#147501 in 756
Maryland#149341 in 964
North Carolina#156591 in 884
Missouri#158511 in 959
Maine#16381 in 1,367
Georgia#167521 in 928
Indiana#172451 in 1,206
Kansas#180211 in 1,092
Arizona#181181 in 943
District of Columbia#184121 in 1,241
Kentucky#184271 in 1,313
North Dakota#18661 in 1,230
Colorado#193191 in 1,123
Florida#197431 in 1,275
West Virginia#198121 in 1,580
Ohio#201621 in 1,810
Washington#204211 in 1,474
Illinois#205701 in 1,655
South Dakota#21051 in 1,568
Michigan#212481 in 1,967
Montana#22051 in 1,520
Pennsylvania#223481 in 2,497
Minnesota#224141 in 3,033
New Jersey#230251 in 2,485
Connecticut#23591 in 2,972
Oregon#23991 in 2,007
Texas#240931 in 1,319
Nebraska#24271 in 2,329
Idaho#24551 in 1,495
Utah#24871 in 1,735
New York#252721 in 2,492
California#253941 in 1,977
Wisconsin#259131 in 3,698
Iowa#27091 in 3,473
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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 1960

girls
#3,688
12 births · 1 in 168,495 girls
boys
#198
1,465 births · 1 in 1,456 boys

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #3,688Floyd12

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #198Floyd1,465
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 168,495 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 49.7% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floyd
  1. #3,512Wendelyn13
  2. #3,512Yevette13
  3. #3,512Zoila13
  4. #3,688Floyd12
  5. #3,688Adonica12
  6. #3,688Adonna12
  7. #3,688Aleda12
  8. #3,920Adrina11
  9. #3,920Albina11
  10. #3,920Alejandrina11

Tied with 231 names at #3,688; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,798Lisha#2,395 → #597
  2. ↑ 1,223Elana#2,108 → #885
  3. ↑ 667Leisha#1,537 → #870
  4. ↑ 513Misty#1,214 → #701
  5. ↑ 462Loriann#1,396 → #934
Fallers
  1. ↓ 421Taryn#771 → #1,192
  2. ↓ 335Cheryll#993 → #1,328
  3. ↓ 305Marilynn#724 → #1,029
  4. ↓ 304Drema#997 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 258Merrie#978 → #1,236

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

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 1,456 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 95.7% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floyd
  1. #195Marty1,535
  2. #196Antonio1,493
  3. #197Allan1,472
  4. #198Floyd1,465
  5. #199Neil1,446
  6. #200Robin1,432
  7. #201Andy1,429
Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,061Stephon#3,988 → #927
  2. ↑ 1,039Kennedy#1,759 → #720
  3. ↑ 489Darryle#1,416 → #927
  4. ↑ 379Garret#1,360 → #981
  5. ↑ 373Darryll#1,324 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 333Grayling#987 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 327Lucious#946 → #1,273
  3. ↓ 274Brion#919 → #1,193
  4. ↓ 261Gail#747 → #1,008
  5. ↓ 254Delton#939 → #1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1960 →