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
- Peak · boys
- 1905 · 523 births
- Debut · boys
- 206 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 60 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 154,370since 1880
Floyd over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,230 | 63 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,133 | 69 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,510 | 53 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,243 | 64 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,943 | 77 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,024 | 70 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,899 | 78 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,792 | 85 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,630 | 97 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,456 | 118 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,531 | 107 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,730 | 87 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,659 | 91 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,832 | 80 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,687 | 88 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,834 | 79 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,556 | 105 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,504 | 108 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,433 | 113 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,562 | 94 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,478 | 98 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,304 | 114 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,324 | 104 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,244 | 109 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,143 | 121 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,040 | 139 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,126 | 117 | |
| 1998 | — | #977 | 141 | |
| 1997 | — | #931 | 145 | |
| 1996 | — | #960 | 134 | |
| 1995 | — | #893 | 150 | |
| 1994 | — | #784 | 184 | |
| 1993 | — | #690 | 224 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #740 | 195 |
| 1991 | — | #648 | 247 | |
| 1990 | — | #638 | 251 | |
| 1989 | — | #568 | 293 | |
| 1988 | — | #554 | 275 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #490 | 326 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #481 | 328 |
| 1985 | — | #499 | 303 | |
| 1984 | — | #465 | 330 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #439 | 356 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #421 | 395 |
| 1981 | — | #390 | 431 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #386 | 444 |
| 1979 | — | #380 | 448 | |
| 1978 | — | #354 | 477 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #354 | 490 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #360 | 448 |
| 1975 | — | #334 | 521 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #309 | 591 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #297 | 606 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #304 | 610 |
| 1971 | — | #283 | 735 | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #280 | 754 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #260 | 799 |
| 1968 | — | #249 | 828 | |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #237 | 872 |
| 1966 | — | #229 | 942 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #225 | 1,055 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | #219 | 1,200 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #216 | 1,293 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #209 | 1,343 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #203 | 1,439 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #198 | 1,465 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #193 | 1,533 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | #179 | 1,627 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #170 | 1,825 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 | #172 | 1,729 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | #165 | 1,714 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #152 | 1,871 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | #152 | 1,875 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | #149 | 1,860 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | #140 | 1,935 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | #143 | 1,890 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 | #133 | 2,021 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | #134 | 2,040 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #130 | 2,212 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | #121 | 2,124 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | #114 | 1,986 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | #110 | 2,096 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #112 | 2,226 |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 | #113 | 2,172 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #102 | 2,109 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 | #103 | 2,012 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | #94 | 2,094 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #96 | 2,146 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #80 | 2,388 |
| 1936 | #1,640 | 21 | #86 | 2,228 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 | #76 | 2,506 |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 | #73 | 2,533 |
| 1933 | #1,513 | 24 | #69 | 2,541 |
| 1932 | #1,346 | 30 | #68 | 2,667 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 | #66 | 2,707 |
| 1930 | #1,460 | 28 | #61 | 3,077 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 32 | #58 | 3,079 |
| 1928 | #1,338 | 33 | #54 | 3,338 |
| 1927 | #1,194 | 42 | #53 | 3,549 |
| 1926 | #1,243 | 39 | #53 | 3,623 |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 | #58 | 3,524 |
| 1924 | #1,612 | 28 | #66 | 3,165 |
| 1923 | #1,428 | 32 | #64 | 3,143 |
| 1922 | #1,168 | 43 | #61 | 3,221 |
| 1921 | #1,625 | 27 | #63 | 3,255 |
| 1920 | #1,708 | 24 | #61 | 3,260 |
| 1919 | #1,242 | 37 | #59 | 3,121 |
| 1918 | #1,451 | 29 | #61 | 3,235 |
| 1917 | #1,281 | 32 | #62 | 2,820 |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 | #60 | 2,783 |
| 1915 | #1,339 | 28 | #59 | 2,824 |
| 1914 | #1,480 | 19 | #58 | 2,090 |
| 1913 | #1,358 | 18 | #58 | 1,740 |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 | #59 | 1,438 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 | #57 | 734 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | #55 | 687 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | #53 | 570 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 | #55 | 529 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #53 | 521 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 | #54 | 458 |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 | #44 | 523 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | #52 | 446 |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 | #46 | 472 |
| 1902 | — | #47 | 471 | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | #46 | 423 |
| 1900 | #1,008 | 14 | #48 | 555 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | #52 | 356 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | #51 | 434 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | #48 | 451 |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | #55 | 396 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #51 | 427 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | #46 | 445 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 | #59 | 351 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | #52 | 420 |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | #53 | 336 |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | #60 | 341 |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | #63 | 313 |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | #67 | 302 |
| 1887 | — | #73 | 232 | |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 | #66 | 275 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | #70 | 259 |
| 1884 | — | #70 | 263 | |
| 1883 | — | #73 | 217 | |
| 1882 | — | #76 | 231 | |
| 1881 | — | #78 | 178 | |
| 1880 | — | #75 | 206 | |
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 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#236 · 1 in 1,869
- Louisiana#269 · 1 in 1,608
- Indiana#279 · 1 in 3,078
- Kentucky#282 · 1 in 2,986
- Maryland#299 · 1 in 2,910
Best ever in a state: #14 in Kansas, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #236 | 8 | 1 in 1,869 |
| Louisiana | #269 | 20 | 1 in 1,608 |
| Indiana | #279 | 12 | 1 in 3,078 |
| Kentucky | #282 | 8 | 1 in 2,986 |
| Maryland | #299 | 10 | 1 in 2,910 |
| Virginia | #303 | 14 | 1 in 2,816 |
| Missouri | #307 | 11 | 1 in 3,249 |
| Mississippi | #334 | 7 | 1 in 2,338 |
| Georgia | #373 | 13 | 1 in 3,504 |
| Colorado | #388 | 6 | 1 in 4,095 |
| South Carolina | #392 | 6 | 1 in 3,572 |
| Michigan | #396 | 13 | 1 in 4,972 |
| Tennessee | #412 | 7 | 1 in 4,605 |
| Florida | #415 | 20 | 1 in 3,976 |
| Alabama | #422 | 6 | 1 in 4,220 |
| Arizona | #426 | 7 | 1 in 4,055 |
| Ohio | #434 | 12 | 1 in 6,356 |
| Pennsylvania | #451 | 11 | 1 in 7,054 |
| New York | #523 | 20 | 1 in 6,282 |
| North Carolina | #534 | 6 | 1 in 6,919 |
| Illinois | #536 | 13 | 1 in 6,285 |
| Texas | #560 | 24 | 1 in 5,976 |
| California | #577 | 32 | 1 in 7,461 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1905 at #44 (523 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 85 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 60 yrs · run 1880–1939
- Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1880–1998
- 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
- 21.5% of all boys named Floyd (33,157) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,476 | #63 (1889) | #71 |
| 1890s | 3,957 | #46 (1894) | #53 |
| 1900s | 4,968 | #44 (1905) | #50 |
| 1910s | 21,472 | #55 (1910) | #59 |
| 1920s | 33,157 | #53 (1926) | #59 |
| 1930s | 24,887 | #61 (1930) | #77 |
| 1940s | 20,998 | #102 (1941) | #117 |
| 1950s | 17,859 | #140 (1951) | #162 |
| 1960s | 11,236 | #198 (1960) | #225 |
| 1970s | 5,680 | #280 (1970) | #326 |
| 1980s | 3,481 | #386 (1980) | #469 |
| 1990s | 1,788 | #638 (1990) | #839 |
| 2000s | 1,105 | #1,040 (2000) | #1,359 |
| 2010s | 910 | #1,456 (2016) | #1,705 |
| 2020s | 396 | #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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 347,726 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 14.6% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,938 names at #11,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 5,727 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 94.0% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).