Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Boyd

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Boyd
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

508

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

87.2%

2024

All-time

27,605

Boyd has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1922, when 508 boys were named Boyd.

In 2024, only 65 boys were given the name.

Down 87.2% from its peak.

All told, about 27,605 Americans have been named Boyd and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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