Lord
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LORD
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Lord is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “lord, master”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Lord mean?
English: English title word
“lord, master”
From Old English hlaford, literally 'loaf-guardian', the head of a household who provided its bread.
Is Lord a girl's or a boy's name?
Lord is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lord in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Lord, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lord in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Lord in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Lord in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Lord, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
2025 had fewer boys named Lord than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Lord in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lord in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
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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, “Lord: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lord, updated 20 October 2026.