How Many People Are Named Lloyd?
people named Lloyd are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,151 people in the US has this name
Based on 161,988 babies named Lloyd in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,765 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from Welsh llwyd meaning "grey". The composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948-) is a famous bearer of this name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Lloyd in English. Counting Lloyd and these spellings together, about 61,184 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lloyd, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lloyd alive today is about 62 years old, and 64% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 52 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lloyd first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 3,765 babies. In 2025, 111 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lloyd never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #51, in 1918, and it was in the top 100 for 55 years, 1888 to 1942. In 2025 it ranked #1,549.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,549 |
| Best rank | #51 (1918) |
| Years in the top 100 | 55 (1888 to 1942) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #61 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lloyd alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lloyd were born in California than in any other state: about 4,267 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lloyd was given 2.4 times as often in North Dakota, 2.2 times in South Dakota and 2 times in Louisiana.
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