How Many People Are Named Boyd?
people named Boyd are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 29,222 people in the US has this name
Based on 27,745 babies named Boyd in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
508 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Scottish surname which was possibly derived from the name of the island of Bute.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Boyd in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Boyd alive today is about 56 years old, and 55% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 44 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Boyd first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1922, to 508 babies. In 2025, 78 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Boyd has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #228, in 1899. In 2025 it ranked #1,959.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,959 |
| Best rank | #228 (1899) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #262 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Boyd alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Boyd were born in Texas than in any other state: about 710 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Boyd was given 11.6 times as often in Utah, 6.7 times in Idaho and 2.9 times in West Virginia.
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