Boys' name · peaked in 1918
Lloyd name popularity since 1925
115,601 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lloyd (0.6% girls, 99.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1947 or earlier, so the typical Lloyd is about 79 years old in 2026. Lloyd peaked in 1918 as the #51 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 115,601
- Named Lloyd, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1918
- #51 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,549 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% boys
- 686 girls · 114,915 boys
- Most popular in
- North Dakota
- 2.85× its national share
Peak year is the year Lloyd 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.
Lloyd births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1927. Measured as a share of all babies, Lloyd peaked earlier, in 1918.
- Steepest fall: Between 1993 and 1998, Lloyd's share of baby boys fell by 42%, from 1 in 6,760 to 1 in 11,600.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Lloyd's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lloyd.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lloyd 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 | 139 | 16,034 | – |
| 1930s | 203 | 23,799 | #84 |
| 1940s | 120 | 23,603 | #103 |
| 1950s | 92 | 20,619 | #147 |
| 1960s | 64 | 13,430 | #195 |
| 1970s | 23 | 6,813 | #300 |
| 1980s | 45 | 4,598 | #403 |
| 1990s | 0 | 2,699 | #654 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,518 | #1,142 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,206 | #1,510 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 596 | #1,549 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
38.1% of babies named Lloyd from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Lloyd is most popular
The index compares Lloyd'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 Lloyd.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 2.85× | 1,014 |
| South Dakota | 2.38× | 858 |
| Louisiana | 2.35× | 4,761 |
| Oklahoma | 2.11× | 3,099 |
| Montana | 2.03× | 672 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lloyd and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Lloyd (this page) | 114,915 | 1918 |
| Loyd | 14,609 | 1919 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lloyd's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lloyd.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lloyd (1918).
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