Boys' name · since 1880
Boyd
27,680 babies named Boyd in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #706 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,960 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27,680
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Boyd currently ranks #1960 among boys' names in America, with 27,680 babies recorded since 1880.
Boyd has 27,680 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1960 as of the latest data, more common than 86% of boys, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #706 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,960 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 27,680 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Boyd ranks #706 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,960 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 27,680 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #706 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,960 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27,680
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Boyd's 27,680 recorded births place it above 98.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Boyd compares
27,680 Top 6% higher than 94% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Boyd's all-time total is 75x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Boyd | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 27,680 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 508 | 34 | 22,252 |
Boyd's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Boyd splits its recorded history at 1953: 37% of all births land in the more recent half, 63% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1880 (16 births) -- compare that against the 1922 peak of 508 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Boyd popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1922)
- 508
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Boyd popularity over time - girls
65 total births recorded since 1916 (Boyd as girls' name)
Boyd by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (4,562 births, 16% of the file).
1920s was Boyd's strongest decade.
4,562 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Boyd births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 311
1880s
311 births
- 1890s 371
1890s
371 births
- 1900s 510
1900s
510 births
- 1910s
1910s
2,781 births
- 1920s
1920s
4,562 births
- 1930s
1930s
3,957 births
- 1940s
1940s
3,735 births
- 1950s
1950s
3,713 births
- 1960s
1960s
3,132 births
- 1970s 1,477
1970s
1,477 births
- 1980s 742
1980s
742 births
- 1990s 544
1990s
544 births
- 2000s 457
2000s
457 births
- 2010s 856
2010s
856 births
- 2020s 532
2020s
532 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 4,562 births (16% of all-time use).
How Boyd compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Boyd's total volume
Boyd by state
Where Boyd concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,572 | 5.7% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 1,501 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 1,486 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Utah | | 1,385 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Kentucky | | 1,175 | 4.2% |
| #6 | California | | 1,062 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 1,050 | 3.8% |
| #8 | West Virginia | | 840 | 3.0% |
1,572 of 27,680 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Boyd appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Boyd's data
- Boyd's decade-level peak was the 1920s (4,562 total births); usage has since declined to 532 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Boyds (1,572 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Boyd: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Boyd draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.