Loyd
Loyd was given to 5 boys in 2025, #13,155 among boys’ names; 22,522 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,420 Americans named Loyd and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (24% of everyone recorded); the median is 70 years old and half are between 57 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Loyd by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Loyd mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Loyd is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Loyd?
#13,155 among boys’ names, 2025
Loyd fell from #10,204 in 2015 to #13,155 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 3.7 to 2.9 per million.
630 babies in 1926, the peak
Loyd peaked in 1926, when 630 babies were given it (623 boys, #219 among boys’ names). The 5 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #13,155 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 7 | #10,509 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 6 | #11,699 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 7 | #10,365 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,979 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 5 | #13,381 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 8 | #9,373 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 5 | #13,427 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 7 | #10,204 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 5 | #13,277 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7 | #10,314 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 8 | #9,377 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 6 | #11,715 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,530 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 8 | #9,536 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,737 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 6 | #11,499 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,448 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 5 | #12,474 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 7 | #9,247 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,414 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,885 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,635 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,672 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,786 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,914 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,489 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,416 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,536 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,985 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,956 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,879 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 21 | #3,013 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,046 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 38 | #1,803 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,430 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,712 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 29 | #1,998 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 37 | #1,618 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,735 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 50 | #1,330 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,216 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 62 | #1,160 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,772 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 46 | #1,366 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 48 | #1,305 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 59 | #1,106 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 68 | #997 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 55 | #1,111 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 60 | #1,051 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 70 | #972 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 110 | #777 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 105 | #797 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 84 | #839 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 91 | #778 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 104 | #728 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 90 | #768 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 107 | #720 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 111 | #733 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 156 | #626 | 0.08 |
| 1962 | 146 | #642 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 175 | #597 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 148 | #641 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 185 | #576 | 0.09 |
| 1958 | 171 | #591 | 0.08 |
| 1957 | 190 | #558 | 0.09 |
| 1956 | 198 | #530 | 0.09 |
| 1955 | 211 | #506 | 0.10 |
| 1954 | 192 | #526 | 0.09 |
| 1953 | 232 | #463 | 0.12 |
| 1952 | 247 | #449 | 0.13 |
| 1951 | 231 | #444 | 0.12 |
| 1950 | 255 | #419 | 0.14 |
| 1949 | 236 | #434 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 268 | #412 | 0.15 |
| 1947 | 313 | #386 | 0.17 |
| 1946 | 326 | #362 | 0.20 |
| 1945 | 236 | #389 | 0.18 |
| 1944 | 289 | #352 | 0.21 |
| 1943 | 316 | #347 | 0.22 |
| 1942 | 343 | #326 | 0.25 |
| 1941 | 334 | #323 | 0.27 |
| 1940 | 331 | #309 | 0.29 |
| 1939 | 366 | #289 | 0.33 |
| 1938 | 355 | #290 | 0.32 |
| 1937 | 372 | #283 | 0.35 |
| 1936 | 356 | #286 | 0.34 |
| 1935 | 383 | #278 | 0.37 |
| 1934 | 363 | #283 | 0.35 |
| 1933 | 407 | #263 | 0.41 |
| 1932 | 448 | #255 | 0.43 |
| 1931 | 515 | #229 | 0.50 |
| 1930 | 499 | #253 | 0.45 |
| 1929 | 506 | #242 | 0.47 |
| 1928 | 540 | #240 | 0.49 |
| 1927 | 599 | #225 | 0.53 |
| 1926 | 623 | #219 | 0.56 |
| 1925 | 554 | #237 | 0.50 |
| 1924 | 605 | #223 | 0.53 |
| 1923 | 606 | #212 | 0.55 |
| 1922 | 582 | #229 | 0.53 |
| 1921 | 600 | #222 | 0.54 |
| 1920 | 582 | #222 | 0.55 |
| 1919 | 604 | #207 | 0.62 |
| 1918 | 567 | #218 | 0.56 |
| 1917 | 488 | #225 | 0.53 |
| 1916 | 467 | #228 | 0.52 |
| 1915 | 436 | #228 | 0.51 |
| 1914 | 312 | #242 | 0.48 |
| 1913 | 235 | #248 | 0.46 |
| 1912 | 196 | #254 | 0.46 |
| 1911 | 137 | #216 | 0.61 |
| 1910 | 99 | #237 | 0.51 |
| 1909 | 79 | #249 | 0.48 |
| 1908 | 61 | #275 | 0.40 |
| 1907 | 68 | #255 | 0.46 |
| 1906 | 70 | #234 | 0.53 |
| 1905 | 53 | #270 | 0.40 |
| 1904 | 57 | #254 | 0.44 |
| 1903 | 70 | #214 | 0.59 |
| 1902 | 61 | #233 | 0.50 |
| 1901 | 60 | #225 | 0.56 |
| 1900 | 64 | #255 | 0.43 |
| 1899 | 46 | #248 | 0.43 |
| 1898 | 55 | #238 | 0.45 |
| 1897 | 61 | #214 | 0.54 |
| 1896 | 56 | #244 | 0.47 |
| 1895 | 55 | #241 | 0.47 |
| 1894 | 36 | #294 | 0.31 |
| 1893 | 49 | #253 | 0.44 |
| 1892 | 41 | #286 | 0.34 |
| 1891 | 29 | #315 | 0.29 |
| 1890 | 32 | #307 | 0.29 |
| 1889 | 31 | #317 | 0.28 |
| 1888 | 28 | #350 | 0.23 |
| 1887 | 20 | #373 | 0.20 |
| 1886 | 21 | #392 | 0.19 |
| 1885 | 24 | #361 | 0.22 |
| 1884 | 30 | #322 | 0.26 |
| 1883 | 13 | #507 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 16 | #462 | 0.14 |
| 1881 | 11 | #549 | 0.11 |
| 1880 | 14 | #493 | 0.13 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Loyd a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Loyd has been given almost only to boys: 86 girls in 143 years of records.
Girls and boys named Loyd: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Loyd, and how old are they?
5,420 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 24% of the 22,522 Americans ever recorded as Loyd. The median Loyd alive today is 70 years old; half are between 57 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 5,718 people named Loyd (27 women and girls, 5,691 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,014 born in the U.S. The Census count is 18% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,170 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,540 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,040 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 456 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 135 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 71 |
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 Loyd born?
The states with the most babies named Loyd are Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, with 36% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Oklahoma and Arkansas are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2,906 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Oklahoma | 1,935 | not ranked | 4.6× |
| Arkansas | 1,505 | not ranked | 4.3× |
| Tennessee | 1,308 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| North Carolina | 1,140 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Missouri | 1,137 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Alabama | 984 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Georgia | 983 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Kentucky | 835 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Mississippi | 665 | not ranked | 1.6× |
Where Loyd is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Loyd is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 4.6 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 Loyd with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Loyd?
Loyd is a less common spelling of Lloyd: SSA has recorded 22,522 Loyd and 161,988 Lloyd since 1880.
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 184,714 babies since 1880, Loyd is the second most given (12% of them). In 2025 it was given to 5 of their 116 babies (4.3%), again the second 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 Loyd
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 Loyd and names like it
- Compare Loyd and LloydBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLoyd peaked in 1926.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Loyd since 1910.
- The top names of 1926The year the most babies were named Loyd.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Loyd alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.