Byron
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BY-ron
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #980 for boys
Byron is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “at the cowsheds”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 980th for boys in the US (233 babies).
What does Byron mean?
English: surname from Old English
“at the cowsheds”
Made famous by the Romantic poet Lord Byron, author of Don Juan.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Byron a girl's or a boy's name?
Byron is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 233 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Byron in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Byron, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 212 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the fewest boys named Byron since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Byron in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Byron in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2021 | 38 | #896 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,033 |
| 2019 | 36 | #909 |
| 2018 | 35 | #940 |
| 2017 | 58 | #675 |
| 2016 | 67 | #606 |
| 2015 | 75 | #568 |
| 2014 | 69 | #586 |
| 2013 | 75 | #541 |
| 2012 | 76 | #542 |
| 2011 | 100 | #436 |
| 2010 | 80 | #493 |
| 2009 | 93 | #446 |
| 2008 | 101 | #409 |
| 2007 | 96 | #414 |
| 2006 | 129 | #302 |
| 2005 | 112 | #315 |
| 2004 | 143 | #260 |
| 2003 | 137 | #259 |
| 2002 | 165 | #217 |
| 2001 | 187 | #196 |
| 2000 | 212 | #180 |
| 1999 | 154 | #220 |
| 1998 | 75 | #357 |
| 1997 | 71 | #374 |
| 1996 | 47 | #451 |
How popular is Byron in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #980among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 233about 1 in 7,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 233 boys in the US were named Byron, making it the 980th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 790th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 1,284 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Byron than any year since 1912.
Half of all the boys named Byron in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Byron in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 233 | #980 |
| 2024 | 275 | #877 |
| 2023 | 291 | #835 |
| 2022 | 264 | #891 |
| 2021 | 339 | #751 |
| 2020 | 294 | #790 |
| 2019 | 347 | #711 |
| 2018 | 324 | #737 |
| 2017 | 399 | #649 |
| 2016 | 385 | #669 |
| 2015 | 457 | #599 |
| 2014 | 402 | #653 |
| 2013 | 515 | #516 |
| 2012 | 481 | #543 |
| 2011 | 512 | #505 |
| 2010 | 565 | #465 |
| 2009 | 738 | #401 |
| 2008 | 617 | #450 |
| 2007 | 496 | #523 |
| 2006 | 493 | #522 |
| 2005 | 503 | #492 |
| 2004 | 480 | #510 |
| 2003 | 502 | #492 |
| 2002 | 473 | #486 |
| 2001 | 491 | #481 |
| 2000 | 544 | #439 |
| 1999 | 562 | #419 |
| 1998 | 549 | #422 |
| 1997 | 607 | #391 |
| 1996 | 566 | #410 |
| 1995 | 598 | #391 |
| 1994 | 645 | #368 |
| 1993 | 739 | #339 |
| 1992 | 842 | #314 |
| 1991 | 908 | #287 |
| 1990 | 1,016 | #265 |
| 1989 | 1,074 | #244 |
| 1988 | 1,056 | #231 |
| 1987 | 930 | #249 |
| 1986 | 893 | #252 |
| 1985 | 894 | #252 |
| 1984 | 892 | #246 |
| 1983 | 1,030 | #221 |
| 1982 | 864 | #255 |
| 1981 | 996 | #235 |
| 1980 | 1,025 | #231 |
| 1979 | 851 | #249 |
| 1978 | 793 | #255 |
| 1977 | 851 | #241 |
| 1976 | 906 | #224 |
| 1975 | 913 | #224 |
| 1974 | 954 | #221 |
| 1973 | 915 | #230 |
| 1972 | 944 | #227 |
| 1971 | 1,085 | #217 |
| 1970 | 1,230 | #206 |
| 1969 | 1,203 | #208 |
| 1968 | 1,126 | #206 |
| 1967 | 1,180 | #196 |
| 1966 | 1,178 | #201 |
| 1965 | 1,225 | #204 |
| 1964 | 1,284 | #213 |
| 1963 | 1,244 | #219 |
| 1962 | 1,264 | #218 |
| 1961 | 1,225 | #224 |
| 1960 | 1,191 | #234 |
| 1959 | 1,222 | #222 |
| 1958 | 1,209 | #218 |
| 1957 | 1,259 | #214 |
| 1956 | 1,248 | #209 |
| 1955 | 1,055 | #222 |
| 1954 | 1,045 | #214 |
| 1953 | 926 | #220 |
| 1952 | 901 | #220 |
| 1951 | 837 | #227 |
| 1950 | 830 | #222 |
| 1949 | 744 | #238 |
| 1948 | 796 | #228 |
| 1947 | 799 | #227 |
| 1946 | 786 | #216 |
| 1945 | 563 | #237 |
| 1944 | 526 | #254 |
| 1943 | 588 | #241 |
| 1942 | 643 | #224 |
| 1941 | 539 | #235 |
| 1940 | 547 | #227 |
| 1939 | 555 | #218 |
| 1938 | 515 | #232 |
| 1937 | 521 | #227 |
| 1936 | 461 | #244 |
| 1935 | 457 | #254 |
| 1934 | 425 | #263 |
| 1933 | 442 | #247 |
| 1932 | 471 | #245 |
| 1931 | 502 | #233 |
| 1930 | 474 | #256 |
| 1929 | 520 | #237 |
| 1928 | 546 | #237 |
| 1927 | 532 | #245 |
| 1926 | 533 | #243 |
| 1925 | 516 | #251 |
| 1924 | 594 | #226 |
| 1923 | 536 | #243 |
| 1922 | 599 | #222 |
| 1921 | 558 | #236 |
| 1920 | 571 | #224 |
| 1919 | 487 | #239 |
| 1918 | 505 | #237 |
| 1917 | 487 | #226 |
| 1916 | 471 | #226 |
| 1915 | 458 | #223 |
| 1914 | 395 | #207 |
| 1913 | 303 | #213 |
| 1912 | 227 | #229 |
| 1911 | 96 | #265 |
| 1910 | 89 | #256 |
| 1909 | 69 | #265 |
| 1908 | 70 | #253 |
| 1907 | 71 | #248 |
| 1906 | 65 | #242 |
| 1905 | 59 | #254 |
| 1904 | 61 | #240 |
| 1903 | 59 | #234 |
| 1902 | 50 | #261 |
| 1901 | 51 | #242 |
| 1900 | 61 | #262 |
| 1899 | 47 | #244 |
| 1898 | 55 | #234 |
| 1897 | 50 | #244 |
| 1896 | 59 | #235 |
| 1895 | 56 | #235 |
| 1894 | 59 | #222 |
| 1893 | 47 | #256 |
| 1892 | 69 | #210 |
| 1891 | 53 | #219 |
| 1890 | 52 | #229 |
| 1889 | 37 | #274 |
| 1888 | 52 | #241 |
| 1887 | 47 | #230 |
| 1886 | 51 | #234 |
| 1885 | 46 | #243 |
| 1884 | 57 | #218 |
| 1883 | 50 | #215 |
| 1882 | 66 | #193 |
| 1881 | 40 | #244 |
| 1880 | 52 | #225 |
Names like Byron
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Byron: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/byron, updated 20 October 2026.