Byrd vs Byron

Side-by-side comparison of Byrd and Byron — popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

Name A

Byrd

Boy name

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Name B

Byron

Boy name · Rank #882

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Metric Byrd Byron
Current Rank Unranked #882
Total Births (all years) 709 82,006
Peak Year 1919 1964
Peak Year Births 26 1,284
Peak Decade 1920ss 1960ss
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1881 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Byrd Byron
1880ss 61 498
1890ss 43 547
1900ss 32 616
1910ss 130 3,518
1920ss 182 5,505
1930ss 115 4,823
1940ss 85 6,531
1950ss 43 10,531
1960ss 18 12,122
1970ss — 9,445
1980ss — 9,655
1990ss — 7,032
2000ss — 5,337
2010ss — 4,386
2020ss — 1,460

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Byrd Byron
2014 — 401
2015 — 457
2016 — 385
2017 — 399
2018 — 324
2019 — 347
2020 — 294
2021 — 339
2022 — 264
2023 — 291
2024 — 272

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1881–1963.

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