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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #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 1927

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Lloyd, so not publishedAKMaine: #53 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 198 boysMEVermont: #56 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 213 boysVTNew Hampshire: #78 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 406 boysNHWashington: #36 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 150 boysWAIdaho: #36 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 128 boysIDMontana: #36 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 155 boysMTNorth Dakota: #28 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 109 boysNDMinnesota: #26 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 124 boysMNIllinois: #63 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 312 boysILWisconsin: #43 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 181 boysWIMichigan: #56 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 274 boysMINew York: #100 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 686 boysNYMassachusetts: #106 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 943 boysMARhode Island: #99 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 763 boysRIOregon: #38 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 149 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Lloyd, so not publishedNVWyoming: #45 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 158 boysWYSouth Dakota: #26 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 114 boysSDIowa: #30 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 150 boysIAIndiana: #48 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 260 boysINOhio: #64 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 335 boysOHPennsylvania: #72 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 466 boysPANew Jersey: #103 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 770 boysNJConnecticut: #126 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,194 boysCTCalifornia: #53 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 269 boysCAUtah: #86 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 325 boysUTColorado: #44 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 195 boysCONebraska: #34 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 162 boysNEMissouri: #34 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 162 boysMOKentucky: #67 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 341 boysKYWest Virginia: #57 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 332 boysWVVirginia: #68 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 361 boysVAMaryland: #74 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 421 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Lloyd, so not publishedDEArizona: #137 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 580 boysAZNew Mexico: #93 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 380 boysNMKansas: #41 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 154 boysKSArkansas: #65 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 282 boysARTennessee: #85 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 432 boysTNNorth Carolina: #73 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 399 boysNCSouth Carolina: #146 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 920 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #58 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 315 boysDCOklahoma: #55 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 221 boysOKLouisiana: #37 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 194 boysLAMississippi: #146 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 794 boysMSAlabama: #109 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 577 boysALGeorgia: #145 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 864 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Lloyd, so not publishedHITexas: #83 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 367 boysTXFlorida: #98 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 503 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#26 · 1 in 114
  2. Minnesota#26 · 1 in 124
  3. North Dakota#28 · 1 in 109
  4. Iowa#30 · 1 in 150
  5. Missouri#34 · 1 in 162

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#261711 in 124
South Dakota#26491 in 114
North Dakota#28571 in 109
Iowa#301321 in 150
Missouri#341801 in 162
Nebraska#34721 in 162
Idaho#36281 in 128
Montana#36251 in 155
Washington#36631 in 150
Louisiana#371051 in 194
Oregon#38391 in 149
Kansas#41991 in 154
Wisconsin#431351 in 181
Colorado#44421 in 195
Wyoming#45101 in 158
Indiana#481001 in 260
California#531391 in 269
Maine#53311 in 198
Oklahoma#551041 in 221
Michigan#561531 in 274
Vermont#56121 in 213
West Virginia#57551 in 332
District of Columbia#58111 in 315
Illinois#631891 in 312
Ohio#641581 in 335
Arkansas#65641 in 282
Kentucky#67781 in 341
Virginia#68641 in 361
Pennsylvania#721891 in 466
North Carolina#73881 in 399
Maryland#74301 in 421
New Hampshire#7881 in 406
Texas#831551 in 367
Tennessee#85581 in 432
Utah#86151 in 325
New Mexico#93111 in 380
Florida#98291 in 503
Rhode Island#9971 in 763
New York#1001431 in 686
New Jersey#103391 in 770
Massachusetts#106361 in 943
Alabama#109491 in 577
Connecticut#126101 in 1,194
Arizona#13771 in 580
Georgia#145331 in 864
Mississippi#146261 in 794
South Carolina#146201 in 920
Alaska———
Delaware———
Hawaii———
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 1927

girls
#1,828
22 births · 1 in 54,201 girls
boys
#58
3,325 births · 1 in 339 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #1,828Lloyd22

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #58Lloyd3,325
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 54,201 of them was named Lloyd, which outranked 67.4% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lloyd
  1. #1,771Willette23
  2. #1,771Willow23
  3. #1,771Zettie23
  4. #1,828Lloyd22
  5. #1,828Alvira22
  6. #1,828Aretta22
  7. #1,828Calvin22
  8. #1,885Adelaida21
  9. #1,885Alethia21
  10. #1,885Alfrieda21

Tied with 56 names at #1,828; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,708Charmaine#3,564 → #856
  2. ↑ 1,519Kazuko#2,474 → #955
  3. ↑ 1,152Valencia#2,076 → #924
  4. ↑ 551Cherie#1,414 → #863
  5. ↑ 452Lita#1,148 → #696
Fallers
  1. ↓ 349Janell#748 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 330Sabina#931 → #1,261
  3. ↓ 319Clarine#942 → #1,261
  4. ↓ 298Shirlie#980 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 291Delilah#836 → #1,127

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

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 339 of them was named Lloyd, which outranked 98.8% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lloyd
  1. #55Leo3,536
  2. #56Andrew3,437
  3. #57Edwin3,390
  4. #58Lloyd3,325
  5. #59Peter3,301
  6. #60Ray3,253
  7. #61Elmer3,205
Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,863Lindbergh#2,436 → #573
  2. ↑ 966Lindy#1,353 → #387
  3. ↑ 601Sonny#1,565 → #964
  4. ↑ 467Akira#1,404 → #937
  5. ↑ 442Maria#1,432 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 684Minoru#963 → #1,647
  2. ↓ 611Reno#825 → #1,436
  3. ↓ 406Hurley#916 → #1,322
  4. ↓ 356Adelbert#842 → #1,198
  5. ↓ 330Gardner#963 → #1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1927 →