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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #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 1942

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Lloyd, so not publishedAKMaine: #77 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 421 boysMEVermont: #69 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 317 boysVTNew Hampshire: #115 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 814 boysNHWashington: #82 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 407 boysWAIdaho: #113 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 538 boysIDMontana: #72 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 325 boysMTNorth Dakota: #59 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 271 boysNDMinnesota: #70 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 382 boysMNIllinois: #104 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 637 boysILWisconsin: #74 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 423 boysWIMichigan: #88 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 541 boysMINew York: #106 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 873 boysNYMassachusetts: #133 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,723 boysMARhode Island: #106 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,024 boysRIOregon: #79 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 393 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Lloyd, so not publishedNVWyoming: #50 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 207 boysWYSouth Dakota: #61 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 271 boysSDIowa: #66 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 332 boysIAIndiana: #85 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 482 boysINOhio: #100 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 615 boysOHPennsylvania: #99 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 790 boysPANew Jersey: #112 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,012 boysNJConnecticut: #122 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,113 boysCTCalifornia: #97 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 504 boysCAUtah: #92 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 410 boysUTColorado: #62 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 322 boysCONebraska: #60 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 282 boysNEMissouri: #66 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 341 boysMOKentucky: #92 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 448 boysKYWest Virginia: #66 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 331 boysWVVirginia: #78 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 374 boysVAMaryland: #114 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 734 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Lloyd, so not publishedDEArizona: #181 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,005 boysAZNew Mexico: #142 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 606 boysNMKansas: #78 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 355 boysKSArkansas: #77 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 361 boysARTennessee: #111 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 639 boysTNNorth Carolina: #99 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 527 boysNCSouth Carolina: #128 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 767 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #93 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 540 boysDCOklahoma: #74 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 325 boysOKLouisiana: #63 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 273 boysLAMississippi: #139 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 791 boysMSAlabama: #110 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 617 boysALGeorgia: #152 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 954 boysGAHawaii: #87 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 380 boysHITexas: #103 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 496 boysTXFlorida: #103 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 517 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wyoming#50 · 1 in 207
  2. North Dakota#59 · 1 in 271
  3. Nebraska#60 · 1 in 282
  4. South Dakota#61 · 1 in 271
  5. Colorado#62 · 1 in 322

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#50101 in 207
North Dakota#59211 in 271
Nebraska#60381 in 282
South Dakota#61191 in 271
Colorado#62331 in 322
Louisiana#63961 in 273
Iowa#66691 in 332
Missouri#66991 in 341
West Virginia#66631 in 331
Vermont#6991 in 317
Minnesota#70701 in 382
Montana#72151 in 325
Oklahoma#74661 in 325
Wisconsin#74701 in 423
Arkansas#77581 in 361
Maine#77181 in 421
Kansas#78431 in 355
Virginia#78791 in 374
Oregon#79261 in 393
Washington#82431 in 407
Indiana#85711 in 482
Hawaii#87111 in 380
Michigan#881071 in 541
Kentucky#92671 in 448
Utah#92171 in 410
District of Columbia#93171 in 540
California#971451 in 504
North Carolina#99791 in 527
Pennsylvania#991181 in 790
Ohio#1001111 in 615
Florida#103361 in 517
Texas#1031421 in 496
Illinois#1041161 in 637
New York#1061351 in 873
Rhode Island#10661 in 1,024
Alabama#110531 in 617
Tennessee#111501 in 639
New Jersey#112371 in 1,012
Idaho#11391 in 538
Maryland#114251 in 734
New Hampshire#11551 in 814
Connecticut#122151 in 1,113
South Carolina#128311 in 767
Massachusetts#133231 in 1,723
Mississippi#139301 in 791
New Mexico#142101 in 606
Georgia#152371 in 954
Arizona#18161 in 1,005
Alaska———
Delaware———
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 1942

girls
#2,666
12 births · 1 in 112,560 girls
boys
#96
2,462 births · 1 in 561 boys

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #2,666Lloyd12

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #96Lloyd2,462
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 112,560 of them was named Lloyd, which outranked 50.4% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lloyd
  1. #2,537Yolande13
  2. #2,537Yvonnie13
  3. #2,537Zara13
  4. #2,666Lloyd12
  5. #2,666Aldine12
  6. #2,666Alena12
  7. #2,666Alfred12
  8. #2,817Adah11
  9. #2,817Adaline11
  10. #2,817Adelfa11

Tied with 150 names at #2,666; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,567Michal#4,420 → #853
  2. ↑ 1,885Merrily#2,397 → #512
  3. ↑ 1,081Merrilee#1,954 → #873
  4. ↑ 783Jerrilyn#1,610 → #827
  5. ↑ 760Candace#1,418 → #658
Fallers
  1. ↓ 354Rebekah#924 → #1,278
  2. ↓ 350Leatha#830 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 307Nella#993 → #1,300
  4. ↓ 272Arla#934 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 262Vivien#735 → #997

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

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 561 of them was named Lloyd, which outranked 97.6% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lloyd
  1. #93Leon2,550
  2. #94Jimmie2,541
  3. #95Clifford2,533
  4. #96Lloyd2,462
  5. #97Warren2,423
  6. #98Curtis2,420
  7. #99Victor2,397
Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,993Macarthur#3,505 → #512
  2. ↑ 1,546Mcarthur#1,903 → #357
  3. ↑ 655Collin#1,588 → #933
  4. ↑ 514Delmas#1,254 → #740
  5. ↑ 390Colin#713 → #323
Fallers
  1. ↓ 525Otho#971 → #1,496
  2. ↓ 440Florian#918 → #1,358
  3. ↓ 421Martha#960 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 407Watson#951 → #1,358
  5. ↓ 371Gaylen#987 → #1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1942 →