Boys' name · peaked in 1897
Floyd name popularity since 1925
106,254 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Floyd (0.8% girls, 99.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1945 or earlier, so the typical Floyd is about 81 years old in 2026. Floyd peaked in 1897 as the #48 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 106,254
- Named Floyd, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1897
- #48 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,237 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.2% boys
- 801 girls · 105,453 boys
- Most popular in
- Arkansas
- 3.09× its national share
Peak year is the year Floyd 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.
Floyd births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1926. Measured as a share of all babies, Floyd peaked earlier, in 1897.
- Steepest fall: Between 1987 and 1992, Floyd's share of baby boys fell by 44%, from 1 in 5,730 to 1 in 10,200.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Floyd's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Floyd.
Decade by decade
Babies named Floyd 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 | 179 | 17,113 | – |
| 1930s | 217 | 24,887 | #76 |
| 1940s | 136 | 20,998 | #114 |
| 1950s | 116 | 17,859 | #165 |
| 1960s | 79 | 11,236 | #225 |
| 1970s | 44 | 5,680 | #334 |
| 1980s | 25 | 3,481 | #499 |
| 1990s | 5 | 1,788 | #893 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,105 | #1,481 |
| 2010s | 0 | 910 | #1,532 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 396 | #2,237 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
41.7% of babies named Floyd from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Floyd is most popular
The index compares Floyd'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 Floyd.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 3.09× | 3,276 |
| Oklahoma | 2.93× | 3,947 |
| Mississippi | 2.26× | 2,828 |
| Louisiana | 2.22× | 4,110 |
| South Dakota | 1.79× | 588 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Floyd's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Floyd.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Floyd (1897).
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