Loyd
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOYD
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Loyd is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “grey, grey-haired”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Loyd mean?
Welsh: spelling of Lloyd; from Welsh llwyd
“grey, grey-haired”
From the Welsh llwyd, grey, which began as a descriptive surname before becoming a first name.
Meaning borrowed from Lloyd. More on Wiktionary.
Is Loyd a girl's or a boy's name?
Loyd is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Loyd in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 5 boys.
Loyd in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 2 | #3,878 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Loyd in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Loyd, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1926, with 623 boys.
Half of all the boys named Loyd in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1946, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 116 boys in the US were given Loyd or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,362, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
- Lloyd 111
- Loyd 5
Loyd in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 38 | #1,785 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,693 |
| 1985 | 29 | #1,974 |
| 1984 | 37 | #1,605 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,710 |
| 1982 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,207 |
| 1980 | 62 | #1,154 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,753 |
| 1978 | 46 | #1,352 |
| 1977 | 48 | #1,289 |
| 1976 | 59 | #1,100 |
| 1975 | 68 | #994 |
| 1974 | 55 | #1,109 |
| 1973 | 60 | #1,045 |
| 1972 | 70 | #968 |
| 1971 | 110 | #775 |
| 1970 | 105 | #796 |
| 1969 | 84 | #836 |
| 1968 | 91 | #776 |
| 1967 | 104 | #726 |
| 1966 | 90 | #766 |
| 1965 | 107 | #717 |
| 1964 | 111 | #729 |
| 1963 | 156 | #625 |
| 1962 | 146 | #642 |
| 1961 | 175 | #597 |
| 1960 | 148 | #639 |
| 1959 | 185 | #574 |
| 1958 | 171 | #590 |
| 1957 | 190 | #558 |
| 1956 | 198 | #529 |
| 1955 | 211 | #506 |
| 1954 | 192 | #524 |
| 1953 | 232 | #463 |
| 1952 | 247 | #449 |
| 1951 | 231 | #443 |
| 1950 | 255 | #419 |
| 1949 | 236 | #434 |
| 1948 | 268 | #412 |
| 1947 | 313 | #386 |
| 1946 | 326 | #362 |
| 1945 | 236 | #389 |
| 1944 | 289 | #352 |
| 1943 | 316 | #347 |
| 1942 | 343 | #326 |
| 1941 | 334 | #322 |
| 1940 | 331 | #309 |
| 1939 | 366 | #289 |
| 1938 | 355 | #290 |
| 1937 | 372 | #283 |
| 1936 | 356 | #285 |
| 1935 | 383 | #278 |
| 1934 | 363 | #283 |
| 1933 | 407 | #261 |
| 1932 | 448 | #255 |
| 1931 | 515 | #229 |
| 1930 | 499 | #252 |
| 1929 | 506 | #241 |
| 1928 | 540 | #240 |
| 1927 | 599 | #225 |
| 1926 | 623 | #219 |
| 1925 | 554 | #236 |
| 1924 | 605 | #223 |
| 1923 | 606 | #211 |
| 1922 | 582 | #229 |
| 1921 | 600 | #222 |
| 1920 | 582 | #222 |
| 1919 | 604 | #206 |
| 1918 | 567 | #218 |
| 1917 | 488 | #225 |
| 1916 | 467 | #228 |
| 1915 | 436 | #228 |
| 1914 | 312 | #242 |
| 1913 | 235 | #248 |
| 1912 | 196 | #254 |
| 1911 | 137 | #214 |
| 1910 | 99 | #236 |
| 1909 | 79 | #249 |
| 1908 | 61 | #274 |
| 1907 | 68 | #254 |
| 1906 | 70 | #234 |
| 1905 | 53 | #270 |
| 1904 | 57 | #254 |
| 1903 | 70 | #212 |
| 1902 | 61 | #232 |
| 1901 | 60 | #223 |
| 1900 | 64 | #254 |
| 1899 | 46 | #246 |
| 1898 | 55 | #234 |
| 1897 | 61 | #214 |
| 1896 | 56 | #243 |
| 1895 | 55 | #237 |
| 1894 | 36 | #291 |
| 1893 | 49 | #253 |
| 1892 | 41 | #284 |
| 1891 | 29 | #308 |
| 1890 | 32 | #302 |
| 1889 | 31 | #313 |
| 1888 | 28 | #349 |
| 1887 | 20 | #366 |
| 1886 | 21 | #383 |
| 1885 | 24 | #355 |
| 1884 | 30 | #318 |
| 1883 | 13 | #497 |
| 1882 | 16 | #453 |
| 1881 | 11 | #533 |
| 1880 | 14 | #482 |
Names like Loyd
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
James Lewis Charles John George Harry Lloyd William Thomas Alfred Joseph Wilfred
Other spellings of Loyd
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, “Loyd: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/loyd, updated 20 October 2026.