Byrd — boys' name

What the Data Says About Byrd

The Social Security Administration has registered 709 babies named Byrd between 1881 and 1963, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Byrd currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 26 babies received it in a single year. Byrd is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 253 additional births since 1880.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Byrd performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Byrd shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Byrd in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Byrd in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 709 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.