Boyd
Boy
Boyd is a boys' name, meaning “blond, yellow, fair”. In 2025 it ranked 1,959th for boys in the US (78 babies).
What does Boyd mean?
“blond, yellow, fair”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Boyd a girl's or a boy's name?
Boyd is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 78 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Boyd in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 47 boys.
Half of all the boys named Boyd in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Boyd in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,445 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,203 |
| 2010 | 33 | #951 |
| 2009 | 38 | #839 |
| 2008 | 29 | #997 |
| 2007 | 40 | #765 |
| 2006 | 47 | #666 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,348 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Boyd in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,959among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 78about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 78 boys in the US were named Boyd, making it the 1,959th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,528th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 508 boys.
Half of all the boys named Boyd in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
Boyd in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #1,959 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,210 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,146 |
| 2022 | 107 | #1,626 |
| 2021 | 106 | #1,606 |
| 2020 | 109 | #1,528 |
| 2019 | 97 | #1,658 |
| 2018 | 117 | #1,478 |
| 2017 | 122 | #1,421 |
| 2016 | 99 | #1,618 |
| 2015 | 81 | #1,826 |
| 2014 | 99 | #1,588 |
| 2013 | 75 | #1,877 |
| 2012 | 73 | #1,941 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | 49 | #2,510 |
| 2009 | 43 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 38 | #2,931 |
| 2005 | 43 | #2,563 |
| 2004 | 44 | #2,485 |
| 2003 | 43 | #2,424 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,088 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,425 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,326 |
| 1999 | 41 | #2,228 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,065 |
| 1997 | 63 | #1,596 |
| 1996 | 51 | #1,781 |
| 1995 | 53 | #1,677 |
| 1994 | 58 | #1,576 |
| 1993 | 55 | #1,615 |
| 1992 | 57 | #1,541 |
| 1991 | 57 | #1,522 |
| 1990 | 64 | #1,390 |
| 1989 | 50 | #1,585 |
| 1988 | 54 | #1,422 |
| 1987 | 54 | #1,365 |
| 1986 | 67 | #1,152 |
| 1985 | 79 | #1,032 |
| 1984 | 76 | #1,021 |
| 1983 | 68 | #1,075 |
| 1982 | 100 | #894 |
| 1981 | 96 | #914 |
| 1980 | 98 | #905 |
| 1979 | 102 | #858 |
| 1978 | 102 | #847 |
| 1977 | 115 | #796 |
| 1976 | 111 | #786 |
| 1975 | 137 | #707 |
| 1974 | 150 | #659 |
| 1973 | 148 | #655 |
| 1972 | 154 | #639 |
| 1971 | 185 | #615 |
| 1970 | 273 | #490 |
| 1969 | 251 | #484 |
| 1968 | 271 | #462 |
| 1967 | 251 | #475 |
| 1966 | 265 | #470 |
| 1965 | 285 | #460 |
| 1964 | 337 | #435 |
| 1963 | 339 | #433 |
| 1962 | 408 | #401 |
| 1961 | 355 | #421 |
| 1960 | 370 | #410 |
| 1959 | 377 | #408 |
| 1958 | 365 | #409 |
| 1957 | 388 | #389 |
| 1956 | 377 | #385 |
| 1955 | 369 | #375 |
| 1954 | 343 | #384 |
| 1953 | 390 | #349 |
| 1952 | 397 | #344 |
| 1951 | 365 | #360 |
| 1950 | 342 | #364 |
| 1949 | 345 | #362 |
| 1948 | 354 | #358 |
| 1947 | 427 | #334 |
| 1946 | 362 | #340 |
| 1945 | 318 | #335 |
| 1944 | 345 | #325 |
| 1943 | 405 | #307 |
| 1942 | 393 | #310 |
| 1941 | 412 | #285 |
| 1940 | 374 | #290 |
| 1939 | 361 | #290 |
| 1938 | 413 | #271 |
| 1937 | 419 | #264 |
| 1936 | 356 | #285 |
| 1935 | 351 | #289 |
| 1934 | 398 | #272 |
| 1933 | 406 | #264 |
| 1932 | 397 | #274 |
| 1931 | 426 | #262 |
| 1930 | 430 | #272 |
| 1929 | 461 | #261 |
| 1928 | 445 | #269 |
| 1927 | 440 | #271 |
| 1926 | 432 | #273 |
| 1925 | 493 | #256 |
| 1924 | 459 | #266 |
| 1923 | 429 | #272 |
| 1922 | 508 | #248 |
| 1921 | 438 | #267 |
| 1920 | 457 | #256 |
| 1919 | 415 | #261 |
| 1918 | 433 | #255 |
| 1917 | 388 | #257 |
| 1916 | 384 | #252 |
| 1915 | 335 | #264 |
| 1914 | 287 | #254 |
| 1913 | 197 | #277 |
| 1912 | 171 | #268 |
| 1911 | 85 | #286 |
| 1910 | 86 | #263 |
| 1909 | 68 | #268 |
| 1908 | 61 | #274 |
| 1907 | 54 | #286 |
| 1906 | 54 | #266 |
| 1905 | 40 | #316 |
| 1904 | 46 | #277 |
| 1903 | 41 | #294 |
| 1902 | 42 | #291 |
| 1901 | 42 | #265 |
| 1900 | 62 | #259 |
| 1899 | 53 | #228 |
| 1898 | 34 | #329 |
| 1897 | 37 | #299 |
| 1896 | 34 | #323 |
| 1895 | 31 | #329 |
| 1894 | 46 | #256 |
| 1893 | 35 | #292 |
| 1892 | 37 | #303 |
| 1891 | 29 | #308 |
| 1890 | 35 | #290 |
| 1889 | 47 | #237 |
| 1888 | 41 | #280 |
| 1887 | 26 | #325 |
| 1886 | 43 | #258 |
| 1885 | 40 | #263 |
| 1884 | 24 | #360 |
| 1883 | 21 | #371 |
| 1882 | 29 | #317 |
| 1881 | 24 | #332 |
| 1880 | 16 | #442 |
Names like Boyd
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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