Floyd
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FLOYD
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,230 for boys
Floyd is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “grey”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 2,230th for boys in the US (63 babies).
What does Floyd mean?
Welsh: variant of the surname Lloyd
“grey”
Variant of the Welsh surname Lloyd, with Fl- imitating the Welsh ll sound.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Floyd a girl's or a boy's name?
Floyd is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 63 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Floyd in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Floyd, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 36 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Floyd in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Floyd in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,222 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 36 | #924 |
| 2014 | 27 | #1,106 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,070 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,203 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,170 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,249 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,065 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,110 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Floyd in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,230among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 63about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 63 boys in the US were named Floyd, making it the 2,230th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,024th. Its busiest year was 1926, with 3,623 boys.
Half of all the boys named Floyd in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1952, the years shaded on the chart below.
Floyd in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,230 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,133 |
| 2023 | 53 | #2,509 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,242 |
| 2021 | 77 | #1,942 |
| 2020 | 70 | #2,024 |
| 2019 | 78 | #1,899 |
| 2018 | 85 | #1,792 |
| 2017 | 97 | #1,630 |
| 2016 | 118 | #1,456 |
| 2015 | 107 | #1,531 |
| 2014 | 87 | #1,730 |
| 2013 | 91 | #1,658 |
| 2012 | 80 | #1,831 |
| 2011 | 88 | #1,687 |
| 2010 | 79 | #1,833 |
| 2009 | 105 | #1,555 |
| 2008 | 108 | #1,504 |
| 2007 | 113 | #1,433 |
| 2006 | 94 | #1,562 |
| 2005 | 98 | #1,477 |
| 2004 | 114 | #1,302 |
| 2003 | 104 | #1,323 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,241 |
| 2001 | 121 | #1,141 |
| 2000 | 139 | #1,038 |
| 1999 | 117 | #1,124 |
| 1998 | 141 | #975 |
| 1997 | 145 | #929 |
| 1996 | 134 | #958 |
| 1995 | 150 | #890 |
| 1994 | 184 | #782 |
| 1993 | 224 | #689 |
| 1992 | 195 | #738 |
| 1991 | 247 | #646 |
| 1990 | 251 | #636 |
| 1989 | 293 | #567 |
| 1988 | 275 | #554 |
| 1987 | 326 | #490 |
| 1986 | 328 | #481 |
| 1985 | 303 | #499 |
| 1984 | 330 | #465 |
| 1983 | 356 | #439 |
| 1982 | 395 | #421 |
| 1981 | 431 | #390 |
| 1980 | 444 | #386 |
| 1979 | 448 | #380 |
| 1978 | 477 | #354 |
| 1977 | 490 | #354 |
| 1976 | 448 | #360 |
| 1975 | 521 | #334 |
| 1974 | 591 | #309 |
| 1973 | 606 | #297 |
| 1972 | 610 | #304 |
| 1971 | 735 | #283 |
| 1970 | 754 | #280 |
| 1969 | 799 | #260 |
| 1968 | 828 | #249 |
| 1967 | 872 | #237 |
| 1966 | 942 | #229 |
| 1965 | 1,055 | #225 |
| 1964 | 1,200 | #219 |
| 1963 | 1,293 | #216 |
| 1962 | 1,343 | #209 |
| 1961 | 1,439 | #203 |
| 1960 | 1,465 | #198 |
| 1959 | 1,533 | #193 |
| 1958 | 1,627 | #179 |
| 1957 | 1,825 | #170 |
| 1956 | 1,729 | #172 |
| 1955 | 1,714 | #165 |
| 1954 | 1,871 | #152 |
| 1953 | 1,875 | #152 |
| 1952 | 1,860 | #149 |
| 1951 | 1,935 | #140 |
| 1950 | 1,890 | #143 |
| 1949 | 2,021 | #133 |
| 1948 | 2,040 | #134 |
| 1947 | 2,212 | #130 |
| 1946 | 2,124 | #121 |
| 1945 | 1,986 | #114 |
| 1944 | 2,096 | #110 |
| 1943 | 2,226 | #112 |
| 1942 | 2,172 | #113 |
| 1941 | 2,109 | #102 |
| 1940 | 2,012 | #103 |
| 1939 | 2,094 | #94 |
| 1938 | 2,146 | #96 |
| 1937 | 2,388 | #80 |
| 1936 | 2,228 | #86 |
| 1935 | 2,506 | #76 |
| 1934 | 2,533 | #73 |
| 1933 | 2,541 | #69 |
| 1932 | 2,667 | #68 |
| 1931 | 2,707 | #66 |
| 1930 | 3,077 | #61 |
| 1929 | 3,079 | #58 |
| 1928 | 3,338 | #54 |
| 1927 | 3,549 | #53 |
| 1926 | 3,623 | #53 |
| 1925 | 3,524 | #58 |
| 1924 | 3,165 | #66 |
| 1923 | 3,143 | #64 |
| 1922 | 3,221 | #61 |
| 1921 | 3,255 | #63 |
| 1920 | 3,260 | #61 |
| 1919 | 3,121 | #59 |
| 1918 | 3,235 | #61 |
| 1917 | 2,820 | #62 |
| 1916 | 2,783 | #60 |
| 1915 | 2,824 | #59 |
| 1914 | 2,090 | #58 |
| 1913 | 1,740 | #58 |
| 1912 | 1,438 | #59 |
| 1911 | 734 | #57 |
| 1910 | 687 | #55 |
| 1909 | 570 | #53 |
| 1908 | 529 | #55 |
| 1907 | 521 | #53 |
| 1906 | 458 | #54 |
| 1905 | 523 | #44 |
| 1904 | 446 | #52 |
| 1903 | 472 | #46 |
| 1902 | 471 | #47 |
| 1901 | 423 | #46 |
| 1900 | 555 | #48 |
| 1899 | 356 | #52 |
| 1898 | 434 | #51 |
| 1897 | 451 | #48 |
| 1896 | 396 | #55 |
| 1895 | 427 | #51 |
| 1894 | 445 | #46 |
| 1893 | 351 | #59 |
| 1892 | 420 | #52 |
| 1891 | 336 | #53 |
| 1890 | 341 | #60 |
| 1889 | 313 | #63 |
| 1888 | 302 | #67 |
| 1887 | 232 | #73 |
| 1886 | 275 | #66 |
| 1885 | 259 | #70 |
| 1884 | 263 | #70 |
| 1883 | 217 | #73 |
| 1882 | 231 | #76 |
| 1881 | 178 | #78 |
| 1880 | 206 | #75 |
Names like Floyd
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Edward Harry Frederick George Ralph Freddie Frank Alfred James Wilfred Charlie Charles
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
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, “Floyd: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/floyd, updated 20 October 2026.