Byron vs Byrd

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

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Byron

Boy name · Rank #877

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Name B

Byrd

Boy name

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

Births by Decade

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

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Byron Byrd
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, 1880–2025.

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