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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #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 1985

  • 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: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedMNIllinois: #518 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 6,328 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedWIMichigan: #506 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 8,142 boysMINew York: #499 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 6,052 boysNYMassachusetts: #406 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,840 boysMARhode 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: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedIAIndiana: #471 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,536 boysINOhio: #361 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 5,139 boysOHPennsylvania: #445 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 7,706 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #650 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 9,712 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedUTColorado: #425 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,034 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedNEMissouri: #419 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,149 boysMOKentucky: #249 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,759 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedWVVirginia: #399 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,725 boysVAMaryland: #335 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,964 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: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedKSArkansas: #244 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,908 boysARTennessee: #322 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,582 boysTNNorth Carolina: #407 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,503 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #339 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,370 boysOKLouisiana: #321 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,241 boysLAMississippi: #242 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,579 boysMSAlabama: #455 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,111 boysALGeorgia: #388 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,926 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedHITexas: #415 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 3,679 boysTXFlorida: #580 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 7,464 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#242 · 1 in 1,579
  2. Arkansas#244 · 1 in 1,908
  3. Kentucky#249 · 1 in 2,759
  4. Louisiana#321 · 1 in 2,241
  5. Tennessee#322 · 1 in 3,582

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#242111 in 1,579
Arkansas#24481 in 1,908
Kentucky#24991 in 2,759
Louisiana#321161 in 2,241
Tennessee#32291 in 3,582
Maryland#33571 in 3,964
Oklahoma#33971 in 3,370
Ohio#361151 in 5,139
Georgia#388111 in 3,926
Virginia#39981 in 4,725
Massachusetts#40651 in 7,840
North Carolina#40791 in 4,503
Texas#415401 in 3,679
Missouri#41961 in 6,149
Colorado#42551 in 5,034
Pennsylvania#445101 in 7,706
Alabama#45551 in 5,111
Indiana#47151 in 7,536
New York#499201 in 6,052
Michigan#50681 in 8,142
Illinois#518131 in 6,328
Florida#580101 in 7,464
California#650231 in 9,712
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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 1985

boys
#499
303 births · 1 in 6,100 boys

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #499Floyd303
More about 1985

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 6,100 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 93.4% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floyd
  1. #496Bryon306
  2. #497Giovanni305
  3. #497Jarod305
  4. #499Floyd303
  5. #499Jamel303
  6. #499Kody303
  7. #502Leonardo301
  8. #503Kasey300
  9. #504Jackie299

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,425Jaymes#3,270 → #845
  2. ↑ 977Trace#1,933 → #956
  3. ↑ 933Durrell#1,656 → #723
  4. ↑ 793Durell#1,399 → #606
  5. ↑ 562Brandyn#1,444 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 420Anwar#951 → #1,371
  2. ↓ 345Zebulon#976 → #1,321
  3. ↓ 303Tavares#925 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 250Alonso#931 → #1,181
  5. ↓ 228Abdul#1,000 → #1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985 →