Floyd — #2164 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Floyd

The Social Security Administration has registered 154,303 babies named Floyd between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Floyd currently holds the #2164 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 3,623 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Floyd performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 33,157 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Floyd shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10,214 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Floyd in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Floyd 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 154,303 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.