Lloyd

Last seen for girls in 1987 at #7,987 · #1,547 for boys in 2025, 111 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1918 · 3,742 births
Debut · boys
104 births
In top 100 · boys
55 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
160,990
since 1880

Lloyd over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #51, 1918boys
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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—#1,547111
2024—#1,76793
2023—#1,78790
2022—#1,70699
2021—#1,546113
2020—#1,71690
2019—#1,614102
2018—#1,458119
2017—#1,554105
2016—#1,520111
2015—#1,502110
2014—#1,402120
2013—#1,277136
2012—#1,328128
2011—#1,198147
2010—#1,331128
2009—#1,324131
2008—#1,119163
2007—#1,162152
2006—#1,085162
2005—#1,139142
2004—#1,152136
2003—#1,134133
2002—#994158
2001—#902174
2000—#921167
1999—#816187
1998—#878165
1997—#701227
1996—#730210
1995—#654254
1994—#615290
1993—#609290
1992—#549343
1991—#549342
1990—#491391
1989—#471404
1988—#461389
1987#7,9878#429419
1986#7,7498#425410
1985—#402448
1984#8,1537#394432
1983#9,0156#371473
1982—#356504
1981#10,4115#332559
1980#5,91211#335560
1979#10,2105#329552
1978—#338518
1977—#329559
1976#7,2967#327534
1975#9,0675#300635
1974—#292631
1973#7,4356#269695
1972—#262751
1971—#242948
1970—#238990
1969#5,4568#236967
1968#5,1478#2251,004
1967#4,6259#2081,081
1966#4,4939#2081,115
1965—#1951,295
1964#6,7675#1941,460
1963#5,8916#1931,547
1962#4,8658#1951,543
1961#5,8516#1821,685
1960#6,3905#1801,733
1959#4,03110#1671,872
1958#4,1939#1661,838
1957#4,2029#1641,921
1956#3,32113#1581,980
1955#3,57111#1472,030
1954#4,6557#1422,114
1953#4,5957#1382,169
1952#4,1238#1302,277
1951#4,0118#1242,298
1950#3,42310#1272,120
1949#2,41017#1242,330
1948#3,5939#1182,391
1947#4,3457#1122,630
1946#2,48215#1062,496
1945#3,3888#1032,221
1944#2,76211#1022,311
1943#2,25116#1042,443
1942#2,66612#962,462
1941#2,27214#962,252
1940#2,57211#1002,067
1939#2,73610#952,087
1938#2,73010#922,215
1937#1,78419#912,157
1936#1,95016#882,160
1935#1,60622#842,296
1934#1,65121#822,339
1933#1,65821#732,413
1932#1,52025#712,590
1931#1,63522#672,704
1930#1,23237#692,838
1929#1,55525#622,949
1928#1,36632#593,158
1927#1,82822#583,325
1926#1,51429#603,278
1925#1,46631#623,324
1924#1,77024#613,350
1923#1,55628#593,387
1922#1,68225#593,364
1921#2,19517#583,536
1920#1,81622#583,454
1919#1,39331#583,238
1918#1,69023#513,742
1917#1,92318#533,417
1916#1,48525#582,926
1915#1,43925#622,653
1914#1,89613#661,884
1913#1,67013#671,521
1912#1,71911#701,227
1911#1,54510#74590
1910#2,1406#67545
1909#1,7637#76412
1908—#73394
1907—#71386
1906#1,4168#70357
1905—#69369
1904—#73324
1903#1,5926#72299
1902—#67344
1901—#68285
1900—#78337
1899—#68287
1898—#79265
1897—#74258
1896—#67308
1895—#75263
1894—#80253
1893—#88211
1892—#76268
1891—#88185
1890—#94182
1889—#98167
1888—#99175
1887—#108127
1886—#107144
1885—#126109
1884—#119122
1883—#12698
1882—#120121
1881—#14287
1880—#123104
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lloyd was already there! It came in at #123, and was given to 104 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 130 boys a year got the name.

Where Lloyd is popular in 1922

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Lloyd, so not publishedAKMaine: #58 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 230 boysMEVermont: #84 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 346 boysVTNew Hampshire: #98 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 541 boysNHWashington: #38 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 159 boysWAIdaho: #43 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 164 boysIDMontana: #31 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 131 boysMTNorth Dakota: #15 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 81 boysNDMinnesota: #28 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 118 boysMNIllinois: #70 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 367 boysILWisconsin: #44 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 166 boysWIMichigan: #50 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 234 boysMINew York: #108 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 761 boysNYMassachusetts: #97 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 739 boysMARhode Island: #104 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 650 boysRIOregon: #48 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 191 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Lloyd, so not publishedNVWyoming: #57 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 246 boysWYSouth Dakota: #29 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 117 boysSDIowa: #40 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 160 boysIAIndiana: #45 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 225 boysINOhio: #66 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 342 boysOHPennsylvania: #74 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 475 boysPANew Jersey: #126 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,073 boysNJConnecticut: #104 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 857 boysCTCalifornia: #61 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 307 boysCAUtah: #33 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 125 boysUTColorado: #36 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 168 boysCONebraska: #24 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 116 boysNEMissouri: #41 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 182 boysMOKentucky: #63 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 309 boysKYWest Virginia: #56 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 297 boysWVVirginia: #60 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 287 boysVAMaryland: #76 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 407 boysMDDelaware: #67 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 328 boysDEArizona: #91 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 362 boysAZNew Mexico: #153 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 674 boysNMKansas: #36 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 143 boysKSArkansas: #51 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 239 boysARTennessee: #73 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 397 boysTNNorth Carolina: #74 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 395 boysNCSouth Carolina: #114 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 633 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #45 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 212 boysDCOklahoma: #29 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 134 boysOKLouisiana: #50 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 219 boysLAMississippi: #145 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 838 boysMSAlabama: #115 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 608 boysALGeorgia: #140 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 831 boysGAHawaii: #138 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 550 boysHITexas: #87 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 426 boysTXFlorida: #68 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 348 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#15 · 1 in 81
  2. Nebraska#24 · 1 in 116
  3. Minnesota#28 · 1 in 118
  4. South Dakota#29 · 1 in 117
  5. Oklahoma#29 · 1 in 134

Best ever in a state: #12 in North Dakota, 1928.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#15771 in 81
Nebraska#241041 in 116
Minnesota#281901 in 118
Oklahoma#291651 in 134
South Dakota#29531 in 117
Montana#31341 in 131
Utah#33371 in 125
Colorado#36521 in 168
Kansas#361101 in 143
Washington#38611 in 159
Iowa#401311 in 160
Missouri#411551 in 182
Idaho#43231 in 164
Wisconsin#441401 in 166
District of Columbia#45151 in 212
Indiana#451101 in 225
Oregon#48301 in 191
Louisiana#50901 in 219
Michigan#501481 in 234
Arkansas#51741 in 239
West Virginia#56561 in 297
Wyoming#5771 in 246
Maine#58271 in 230
Virginia#60841 in 287
California#61981 in 307
Kentucky#63841 in 309
Ohio#661461 in 342
Delaware#6751 in 328
Florida#68301 in 348
Illinois#701511 in 367
Tennessee#73621 in 397
North Carolina#74861 in 395
Pennsylvania#741831 in 475
Maryland#76311 in 407
Vermont#8471 in 346
Texas#871231 in 426
Arizona#9191 in 362
Massachusetts#97451 in 739
New Hampshire#9861 in 541
Connecticut#104141 in 857
Rhode Island#10481 in 650
New York#1081221 in 761
South Carolina#114331 in 633
Alabama#115441 in 608
New Jersey#126271 in 1,073
Hawaii#13851 in 550
Georgia#140371 in 831
Mississippi#145231 in 838
New Mexico#15361 in 674
Alaska———
Nevada———

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 Lloyd
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 220 spots since 2024 (#1,767 → #1,547)
  • 169 spots since 2020 (#1,716 → #1,547)
  • 45 spots since 2015 (#1,502 → #1,547)
  • Biggest jump: 62 spots in 1999 (#878 → #816)
  • Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1998 (#701 → #878)
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1918 at #51 (3,742 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 40 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 55 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 55 yrs · run 1888–1942
  • Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1880–2002
Share of babies · boys
1 in 271
  • Highest: 1 in 271 boys born in 1918 were named Lloyd (0.37%)
  • Latest: 1 in 15,388 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.6% of all boys named Lloyd (33,125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,254#98 (1889)#117
1890s2,480#67 (1896)#79
1900s3,507#67 (1902)#72
1910s21,743#51 (1918)#63
1920s33,125#58 (1921)#60
1930s23,799#67 (1931)#81
1940s23,603#96 (1942)#106
1950s20,619#124 (1951)#146
1960s13,430#180 (1960)#202
1970s6,813#238 (1970)#293
1980s4,598#332 (1981)#398
1990s2,699#491 (1990)#659
2000s1,518#902 (2001)#1,093
2010s1,206#1,198 (2011)#1,418
2020s596#1,546 (2021)#1,678

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.

Lloyd in 1922

girls
#1,682
25 births · 1 in 48,040 girls
boys
#59
3,364 births · 1 in 323 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #1,682Lloyd25

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #59Lloyd3,364
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 48,040 of them was named Lloyd, which outranked 70.9% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lloyd
  1. #1,646Vinita26
  2. #1,646Wyona26
  3. #1,646Zettie26
  4. #1,682Lloyd25
  5. #1,682Aleda25
  6. #1,682Alethia25
  7. #1,682Ammie25
  8. #1,730Alena24
  9. #1,730Alfrieda24
  10. #1,730Anastacia24

Tied with 47 names at #1,682; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 626Lilia#1,543 → #917
  2. ↑ 573Leatrice#1,258 → #685
  3. ↑ 412Phylis#1,409 → #997
  4. ↑ 352Darleen#1,258 → #906
  5. ↑ 295Madlyn#1,136 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 518Erlene#946 → #1,464
  2. ↓ 390Exie#879 → #1,269
  3. ↓ 327Arlyne#905 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 288Toby#964 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 265Rochelle#987 → #1,252

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

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 323 of them was named Lloyd, which outranked 98.8% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lloyd
  1. #56Marvin3,580
  2. #57Peter3,545
  3. #58Gerald3,541
  4. #59Lloyd3,364
  5. #60Frederick3,353
  6. #61Floyd3,221
  7. #62Theodore3,216
Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 520Desmond#1,360 → #840
  2. ↑ 504Gorden#1,226 → #722
  3. ↑ 418Jackie#1,140 → #722
  4. ↑ 417Daryl#843 → #426
  5. ↑ 361Brown#1,360 → #999
Fallers
  1. ↓ 600Adolf#991 → #1,591
  2. ↓ 508Nello#962 → #1,470
  3. ↓ 439Newman#843 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 394Marcos#939 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 343Porfirio#939 → #1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922 →