Lloyd
Boy · LOYD · Welsh
Lloyd is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “grey, grey-haired”. In 2025 it ranked 1,423rd for boys in the UK (20 babies) and 1,547th for boys in the US (111 babies).
What does Lloyd mean?
Welsh: from Welsh llwyd
“grey, grey-haired”
From the Welsh llwyd, grey, which began as a descriptive surname before becoming a first name.
- Say it
- LOYD
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Is Lloyd a girl's or a boy's name?
Lloyd is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the UK and 111 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lloyd in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,423among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were named Lloyd, making it the 1,423rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,007th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 308 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Lloyd since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Lloyd in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,358th in England and Wales.
Lloyd in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,423 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,230 |
| 2023 | 37 | #930 |
| 2022 | 35 | #949 |
| 2021 | 34 | #977 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,007 |
| 2019 | 35 | #931 |
| 2018 | 55 | #698 |
| 2017 | 56 | #693 |
| 2016 | 43 | #822 |
| 2015 | 52 | #707 |
| 2014 | 86 | #511 |
| 2013 | 88 | #490 |
| 2012 | 94 | #466 |
| 2011 | 126 | #370 |
| 2010 | 222 | #244 |
| 2009 | 136 | #330 |
| 2008 | 129 | #342 |
| 2007 | 130 | #327 |
| 2006 | 146 | #280 |
| 2005 | 170 | #234 |
| 2004 | 149 | #252 |
| 2003 | 171 | #223 |
| 2002 | 179 | #207 |
| 2001 | 193 | #191 |
| 2000 | 206 | #183 |
| 1999 | 219 | #173 |
| 1998 | 228 | #172 |
| 1997 | 237 | #166 |
| 1996 | 308 | #142 |
How popular is Lloyd in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,547among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 111about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 111 boys in the US were named Lloyd, making it the 1,547th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,716th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 3,742 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lloyd in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 116 boys in the US were given Lloyd or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,362, up from #1,547 for this spelling alone.
- Lloyd 111
- Loyd 5
Lloyd in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 111 | #1,547 |
| 2024 | 93 | #1,767 |
| 2023 | 90 | #1,787 |
| 2022 | 99 | #1,706 |
| 2021 | 113 | #1,546 |
| 2020 | 90 | #1,716 |
| 2019 | 102 | #1,614 |
| 2018 | 119 | #1,458 |
| 2017 | 105 | #1,554 |
| 2016 | 111 | #1,520 |
| 2015 | 110 | #1,502 |
| 2014 | 120 | #1,402 |
| 2013 | 136 | #1,277 |
| 2012 | 128 | #1,328 |
| 2011 | 147 | #1,198 |
| 2010 | 128 | #1,331 |
| 2009 | 131 | #1,324 |
| 2008 | 163 | #1,119 |
| 2007 | 152 | #1,162 |
| 2006 | 162 | #1,085 |
| 2005 | 142 | #1,138 |
| 2004 | 136 | #1,151 |
| 2003 | 133 | #1,133 |
| 2002 | 158 | #993 |
| 2001 | 174 | #901 |
| 2000 | 167 | #919 |
| 1999 | 187 | #814 |
| 1998 | 165 | #877 |
| 1997 | 227 | #700 |
| 1996 | 210 | #729 |
| 1995 | 254 | #653 |
| 1994 | 290 | #614 |
| 1993 | 290 | #608 |
| 1992 | 343 | #549 |
| 1991 | 342 | #549 |
| 1990 | 391 | #490 |
| 1989 | 404 | #471 |
| 1988 | 389 | #461 |
| 1987 | 419 | #429 |
| 1986 | 410 | #425 |
| 1985 | 448 | #402 |
| 1984 | 432 | #394 |
| 1983 | 473 | #371 |
| 1982 | 504 | #356 |
| 1981 | 559 | #332 |
| 1980 | 560 | #335 |
| 1979 | 552 | #329 |
| 1978 | 518 | #338 |
| 1977 | 559 | #329 |
| 1976 | 534 | #327 |
| 1975 | 635 | #300 |
| 1974 | 631 | #292 |
| 1973 | 695 | #269 |
| 1972 | 751 | #262 |
| 1971 | 948 | #242 |
| 1970 | 990 | #238 |
| 1969 | 967 | #236 |
| 1968 | 1,004 | #225 |
| 1967 | 1,081 | #208 |
| 1966 | 1,115 | #208 |
| 1965 | 1,295 | #195 |
| 1964 | 1,460 | #194 |
| 1963 | 1,547 | #193 |
| 1962 | 1,543 | #195 |
| 1961 | 1,685 | #182 |
| 1960 | 1,733 | #180 |
| 1959 | 1,872 | #167 |
| 1958 | 1,838 | #166 |
| 1957 | 1,921 | #164 |
| 1956 | 1,980 | #158 |
| 1955 | 2,030 | #147 |
| 1954 | 2,114 | #142 |
| 1953 | 2,169 | #138 |
| 1952 | 2,277 | #130 |
| 1951 | 2,298 | #124 |
| 1950 | 2,120 | #127 |
| 1949 | 2,330 | #124 |
| 1948 | 2,391 | #118 |
| 1947 | 2,630 | #112 |
| 1946 | 2,496 | #106 |
| 1945 | 2,221 | #103 |
| 1944 | 2,311 | #102 |
| 1943 | 2,443 | #104 |
| 1942 | 2,462 | #96 |
| 1941 | 2,252 | #96 |
| 1940 | 2,067 | #100 |
| 1939 | 2,087 | #95 |
| 1938 | 2,215 | #92 |
| 1937 | 2,157 | #91 |
| 1936 | 2,160 | #88 |
| 1935 | 2,296 | #84 |
| 1934 | 2,339 | #82 |
| 1933 | 2,413 | #73 |
| 1932 | 2,590 | #71 |
| 1931 | 2,704 | #67 |
| 1930 | 2,838 | #69 |
| 1929 | 2,949 | #62 |
| 1928 | 3,158 | #59 |
| 1927 | 3,325 | #58 |
| 1926 | 3,278 | #60 |
| 1925 | 3,324 | #62 |
| 1924 | 3,350 | #61 |
| 1923 | 3,387 | #59 |
| 1922 | 3,364 | #59 |
| 1921 | 3,536 | #58 |
| 1920 | 3,454 | #58 |
| 1919 | 3,238 | #58 |
| 1918 | 3,742 | #51 |
| 1917 | 3,417 | #53 |
| 1916 | 2,926 | #58 |
| 1915 | 2,653 | #62 |
| 1914 | 1,884 | #66 |
| 1913 | 1,521 | #67 |
| 1912 | 1,227 | #70 |
| 1911 | 590 | #74 |
| 1910 | 545 | #67 |
| 1909 | 412 | #76 |
| 1908 | 394 | #73 |
| 1907 | 386 | #71 |
| 1906 | 357 | #70 |
| 1905 | 369 | #69 |
| 1904 | 324 | #73 |
| 1903 | 299 | #72 |
| 1902 | 344 | #67 |
| 1901 | 285 | #68 |
| 1900 | 337 | #78 |
| 1899 | 287 | #68 |
| 1898 | 265 | #79 |
| 1897 | 258 | #74 |
| 1896 | 308 | #67 |
| 1895 | 263 | #75 |
| 1894 | 253 | #80 |
| 1893 | 211 | #88 |
| 1892 | 268 | #76 |
| 1891 | 185 | #88 |
| 1890 | 182 | #94 |
| 1889 | 167 | #98 |
| 1888 | 175 | #99 |
| 1887 | 127 | #108 |
| 1886 | 144 | #107 |
| 1885 | 109 | #126 |
| 1884 | 122 | #119 |
| 1883 | 98 | #126 |
| 1882 | 121 | #120 |
| 1881 | 87 | #142 |
| 1880 | 104 | #123 |
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