Boys' name · peaked in 1899
Boyd name popularity since 1925
21,443 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Boyd. Half of them were born in 1952 or earlier, so the typical Boyd is about 74 years old in 2026. Boyd peaked in 1899 as the #228 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 21,443
- Named Boyd, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1899
- #228 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,959 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% boys
- 27 girls · 21,416 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 8.15× its national share
Peak year is the year Boyd made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Boyd births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Boyd peaked earlier, in 1899.
- Steepest fall: Between 1970 and 1975, Boyd's share of baby boys fell by 40%, from 1 in 6,810 to 1 in 11,400.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Boyd's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Boyd.
Decade by decade
Babies named Boyd in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 17 | 2,271 | – |
| 1930s | 5 | 3,957 | #289 |
| 1940s | 5 | 3,735 | #335 |
| 1950s | 0 | 3,713 | #376 |
| 1960s | 0 | 3,132 | #460 |
| 1970s | 0 | 1,477 | #707 |
| 1980s | 0 | 742 | #1,034 |
| 1990s | 0 | 544 | #1,683 |
| 2000s | 0 | 457 | #2,571 |
| 2010s | 0 | 856 | #1,828 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 532 | #1,959 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
33.2% of babies named Boyd from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Boyd is most popular
The index compares Boyd's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Boyd.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 8.15× | 1,171 |
| Idaho | 6.32× | 424 |
| West Virginia | 3.92× | 581 |
| Kentucky | 3.20× | 905 |
| North Carolina | 2.40× | 1,148 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Boyd's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Boyd.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Boyd (1899).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data