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 #877

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Metric Byrd Byron
Current Rank Unranked #877
Total Births (all years) 709 82,238
Peak Year 1919 1964
Peak Year Births 26 1,284
Peak Decade 1920s 1960s
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1881 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Byrd Byron
1880s 61 498
1890s 43 547
1900s 32 616
1910s 130 3,518
1920s 182 5,505
1930s 115 4,823
1940s 85 6,531
1950s 43 10,532
1960s 18 12,120
1970s - 9,442
1980s - 9,654
1990s - 7,032
2000s - 5,337
2010s - 4,387
2020s - 1,696

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Byrd Byron
2014 - 402
2015 - 457
2016 - 385
2017 - 399
2018 - 324
2019 - 347
2020 - 294
2021 - 339
2022 - 264
2023 - 291
2024 - 275
2025 - 233

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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