Boys' name · since 1880
Floyd
Floyd has 154,370 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1926 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #224 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,231 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 154,370
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
154,370 babies have been named Floyd since 1880, making it today's #2231 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Floyd has been recorded 154,370 times among boys since 1880, currently ranked #2231 nationally and more common than 84% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #224 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,231 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 154,370 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Floyd ranks #224 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,231 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 154,370 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #224 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,231 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 154,370
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Floyd's 154,370 recorded births place it above 99.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Floyd compares
154,370 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
Floyd's all-time total is 418x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Floyd | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 154,370 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 3,623 | 34 | 22,252 |
Floyd's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Floyd's full recorded timeline at 1953, 24% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 76% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 53 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1926 peak of 3,623 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Floyd popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1926)
- 3,623
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Floyd popularity over time - girls
1,377 total births recorded since 1885 (Floyd as girls' name)
Floyd by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (33,157 births, 21% of the file).
1920s was Floyd's strongest decade.
33,157 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Floyd births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 2,476
1880s
2,476 births
- 1890s 3,957
1890s
3,957 births
- 1900s 4,968
1900s
4,968 births
- 1910s
1910s
21,472 births
- 1920s
1920s
33,157 births
- 1930s
1930s
24,887 births
- 1940s
1940s
20,998 births
- 1950s
1950s
17,859 births
- 1960s 11,236
1960s
11,236 births
- 1970s 5,680
1970s
5,680 births
- 1980s 3,481
1980s
3,481 births
- 1990s 1,788
1990s
1,788 births
- 2000s 1,105
2000s
1,105 births
- 2010s 910
2010s
910 births
- 2020s 396
2020s
396 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 33,157 births (21% of all-time use).
How Floyd 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 Floyd's total volume
Floyd by state
Where Floyd concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10,222 | 6.6% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 6,607 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 6,502 | 4.2% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 6,255 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 5,890 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 5,887 | 3.8% |
| #7 | New York | | 5,845 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 5,812 | 3.8% |
10,222 of 154,370 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Floyd appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Floyd's data
- Floyd's decade-level peak was the 1920s (33,157 total births); usage has since declined to 396 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Floyds (10,222 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 Floyd: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
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 Floyd 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.