Lloyd
Lloyd was given to 111 boys in 2025, #1,549 among boys’ names; 161,988 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 54,000 Americans named Lloyd and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (33% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 53 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lloyd by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lloyd mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lloyd is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the sense “grey, grey-haired” (llwyd).
From Welsh llwyd (“grey, grey-haired”).
/lɔɪd/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lloyd?
#1,549 among boys’ names, 2025
Lloyd fell from #1,510 in 2015 to #1,549 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 57.4 to 65.0 per million.
3,765 babies in 1918, the peak
Lloyd peaked in 1918, when 3,765 babies were given it (3,742 boys, #51 among boys’ names). The 111 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 111 | #1,549 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 93 | #1,771 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 90 | #1,795 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 99 | #1,714 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 113 | #1,551 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 90 | #1,729 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 102 | #1,617 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 119 | #1,462 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 105 | #1,564 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 111 | #1,520 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 110 | #1,510 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 120 | #1,408 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 136 | #1,282 | 0.07 |
| 2012 | 128 | #1,334 | 0.07 |
| 2011 | 147 | #1,205 | 0.08 |
| 2010 | 128 | #1,338 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 131 | #1,327 | 0.07 |
| 2008 | 163 | #1,125 | 0.08 |
| 2007 | 152 | #1,168 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 162 | #1,087 | 0.08 |
| 2005 | 142 | #1,141 | 0.07 |
| 2004 | 136 | #1,154 | 0.07 |
| 2003 | 133 | #1,139 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 158 | #993 | 0.08 |
| 2001 | 174 | #903 | 0.09 |
| 2000 | 167 | #919 | 0.09 |
| 1999 | 187 | #815 | 0.10 |
| 1998 | 165 | #883 | 0.09 |
| 1997 | 227 | #701 | 0.12 |
| 1996 | 210 | #730 | 0.11 |
| 1995 | 254 | #653 | 0.13 |
| 1994 | 290 | #614 | 0.15 |
| 1993 | 290 | #610 | 0.15 |
| 1992 | 343 | #550 | 0.17 |
| 1991 | 342 | #550 | 0.17 |
| 1990 | 391 | #490 | 0.19 |
| 1989 | 404 | #471 | 0.20 |
| 1988 | 389 | #461 | 0.20 |
| 1987 | 419 | #430 | 0.22 |
| 1986 | 410 | #425 | 0.22 |
| 1985 | 448 | #403 | 0.24 |
| 1984 | 432 | #394 | 0.24 |
| 1983 | 473 | #371 | 0.26 |
| 1982 | 504 | #356 | 0.28 |
| 1981 | 559 | #333 | 0.31 |
| 1980 | 560 | #335 | 0.31 |
| 1979 | 552 | #330 | 0.32 |
| 1978 | 518 | #339 | 0.32 |
| 1977 | 559 | #329 | 0.34 |
| 1976 | 534 | #328 | 0.34 |
| 1975 | 635 | #300 | 0.41 |
| 1974 | 631 | #296 | 0.40 |
| 1973 | 695 | #269 | 0.45 |
| 1972 | 751 | #262 | 0.46 |
| 1971 | 948 | #242 | 0.54 |
| 1970 | 990 | #239 | 0.53 |
| 1969 | 967 | #236 | 0.54 |
| 1968 | 1,004 | #225 | 0.58 |
| 1967 | 1,081 | #208 | 0.62 |
| 1966 | 1,115 | #208 | 0.63 |
| 1965 | 1,295 | #195 | 0.70 |
| 1964 | 1,460 | #194 | 0.73 |
| 1963 | 1,547 | #193 | 0.76 |
| 1962 | 1,543 | #195 | 0.75 |
| 1961 | 1,685 | #182 | 0.79 |
| 1960 | 1,733 | #180 | 0.81 |
| 1959 | 1,872 | #167 | 0.88 |
| 1958 | 1,838 | #166 | 0.87 |
| 1957 | 1,921 | #164 | 0.89 |
| 1956 | 1,980 | #158 | 0.94 |
| 1955 | 2,030 | #147 | 1.0 |
| 1954 | 2,114 | #142 | 1.0 |
| 1953 | 2,169 | #138 | 1.1 |
| 1952 | 2,277 | #130 | 1.2 |
| 1951 | 2,298 | #125 | 1.2 |
| 1950 | 2,120 | #127 | 1.2 |
| 1949 | 2,330 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1948 | 2,391 | #118 | 1.4 |
| 1947 | 2,630 | #112 | 1.4 |
| 1946 | 2,496 | #106 | 1.5 |
| 1945 | 2,221 | #103 | 1.7 |
| 1944 | 2,311 | #102 | 1.7 |
| 1943 | 2,443 | #104 | 1.7 |
| 1942 | 2,462 | #96 | 1.8 |
| 1941 | 2,252 | #96 | 1.8 |
| 1940 | 2,067 | #100 | 1.8 |
| 1939 | 2,087 | #95 | 1.9 |
| 1938 | 2,215 | #92 | 2.0 |
| 1937 | 2,157 | #91 | 2.0 |
| 1936 | 2,160 | #88 | 2.1 |
| 1935 | 2,296 | #84 | 2.2 |
| 1934 | 2,339 | #82 | 2.3 |
| 1933 | 2,413 | #73 | 2.4 |
| 1932 | 2,590 | #71 | 2.5 |
| 1931 | 2,704 | #68 | 2.6 |
| 1930 | 2,838 | #69 | 2.6 |
| 1929 | 2,949 | #62 | 2.7 |
| 1928 | 3,158 | #59 | 2.9 |
| 1927 | 3,325 | #58 | 3.0 |
| 1926 | 3,278 | #60 | 3.0 |
| 1925 | 3,324 | #62 | 3.0 |
| 1924 | 3,350 | #61 | 3.0 |
| 1923 | 3,387 | #59 | 3.1 |
| 1922 | 3,364 | #59 | 3.1 |
| 1921 | 3,536 | #58 | 3.2 |
| 1920 | 3,454 | #58 | 3.2 |
| 1919 | 3,238 | #58 | 3.3 |
| 1918 | 3,742 | #51 | 3.7 |
| 1917 | 3,417 | #53 | 3.7 |
| 1916 | 2,926 | #58 | 3.3 |
| 1915 | 2,653 | #62 | 3.1 |
| 1914 | 1,884 | #66 | 2.9 |
| 1913 | 1,521 | #67 | 3.0 |
| 1912 | 1,227 | #70 | 2.9 |
| 1911 | 590 | #74 | 2.6 |
| 1910 | 545 | #67 | 2.8 |
| 1909 | 412 | #76 | 2.5 |
| 1908 | 394 | #73 | 2.6 |
| 1907 | 386 | #72 | 2.6 |
| 1906 | 357 | #70 | 2.7 |
| 1905 | 369 | #69 | 2.8 |
| 1904 | 324 | #73 | 2.5 |
| 1903 | 299 | #72 | 2.5 |
| 1902 | 344 | #67 | 2.8 |
| 1901 | 285 | #68 | 2.7 |
| 1900 | 337 | #78 | 2.2 |
| 1899 | 287 | #68 | 2.7 |
| 1898 | 265 | #79 | 2.2 |
| 1897 | 258 | #74 | 2.3 |
| 1896 | 308 | #67 | 2.6 |
| 1895 | 263 | #75 | 2.2 |
| 1894 | 253 | #80 | 2.2 |
| 1893 | 211 | #89 | 1.9 |
| 1892 | 268 | #76 | 2.2 |
| 1891 | 185 | #88 | 1.8 |
| 1890 | 182 | #94 | 1.6 |
| 1889 | 167 | #98 | 1.5 |
| 1888 | 175 | #100 | 1.4 |
| 1887 | 127 | #108 | 1.3 |
| 1886 | 144 | #107 | 1.3 |
| 1885 | 109 | #126 | 1.0 |
| 1884 | 122 | #119 | 1.1 |
| 1883 | 98 | #126 | 0.94 |
| 1882 | 121 | #120 | 1.1 |
| 1881 | 87 | #144 | 0.86 |
| 1880 | 104 | #124 | 0.94 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Lloyd a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lloyd has been given almost only to boys: 998 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lloyd: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lloyd, and how old are they?
54,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 33% of the 161,988 Americans ever recorded as Lloyd. The median Lloyd alive today is 66 years old; half are between 53 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 63,231 people named Lloyd (206 women and girls, 63,025 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 65,048 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 8,050 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 24,900 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 11,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 5,860 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,460 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,390 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lloyd born?
The states with the most babies named Lloyd are Texas, California and Pennsylvania, with 17% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 8,574 | #1,851 | 0.9× |
| California | 8,500 | #2,359 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 7,930 | #1,184 | 0.7× |
| New York | 7,623 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 7,212 | #1,223 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 6,789 | #1,082 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 6,156 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Missouri | 6,110 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Louisiana | 5,760 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Minnesota | 4,977 | #768 | 1.5× |
Where Lloyd is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lloyd is most over-represented in North Dakota: since 1910 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lloyd with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 184,714 babies since 1880, Lloyd is the most given (88% of them). In 2025 it was given to 111 of their 116 babies (96%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lloyd
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lloyd and names like it
- Compare Lloyd and LoydBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sLloyd peaked in 1918.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lloyd since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Lloyd: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Lloyd.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lloyd alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.