Is Floyd a boy or girl name?
Floyd is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 67 boys were named Floyd, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.9% of the 155,680 US babies named Floyd were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #2,169
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Floyd since 1880
- 155,680
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 3,662 babies
Boys and girls named Floyd, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,476 | 33 | 1.3% |
| 1890s | 3,957 | 76 | 1.9% |
| 1900s | 4,968 | 87 | 1.7% |
| 1910s | 21,472 | 226 | 1% |
| 1920s | 33,157 | 333 | 1% |
| 1930s | 24,887 | 217 | 0.9% |
| 1940s | 20,996 | 136 | 0.6% |
| 1950s | 17,859 | 116 | 0.6% |
| 1960s | 11,235 | 79 | 0.7% |
| 1970s | 5,680 | 44 | 0.8% |
| 1980s | 3,482 | 25 | 0.7% |
| 1990s | 1,788 | 5 | 0.3% |
| 2000s | 1,105 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 910 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 331 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 67 | #2,169 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 53 | #2,515 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,251 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 77 | #1,946 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 70 | #2,029 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 78 | #1,905 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 85 | #1,798 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 97 | #1,632 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 118 | #1,457 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 107 | #1,532 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 87 | #1,736 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 91 | #1,662 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 80 | #1,839 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 88 | #1,692 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 79 | #1,839 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 105 | #1,557 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 108 | #1,507 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 113 | #1,436 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 94 | #1,565 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 98 | #1,481 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 114 | #1,306 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 104 | #1,329 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,246 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 121 | #1,146 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 139 | #1,040 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 117 | #1,128 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 141 | #978 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 145 | #932 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 134 | #961 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 150 | #893 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 184 | #785 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 224 | #690 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 195 | #740 | 5 | #13,993 |
| 1991 | 247 | #648 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 251 | #638 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 293 | #568 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 275 | #554 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 326 | #490 | 5 | #11,895 |
| 1986 | 328 | #481 | 5 | #11,520 |
| 1985 | 303 | #499 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 330 | #465 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 356 | #439 | 5 | #10,797 |
| 1982 | 395 | #421 | 5 | #11,016 |
| 1981 | 431 | #390 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 445 | #385 | 5 | #10,888 |
| 1979 | 448 | #380 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 477 | #354 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 490 | #354 | 5 | #10,111 |
| 1976 | 448 | #360 | 6 | #8,474 |
| 1975 | 521 | #334 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 591 | #309 | 5 | #9,197 |
| 1973 | 606 | #297 | 14 | #4,213 |
| 1972 | 610 | #304 | 5 | #8,685 |
| 1971 | 735 | #283 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 754 | #280 | 9 | #5,527 |
| 1969 | 799 | #261 | 6 | #6,894 |
| 1968 | 829 | #249 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 870 | #237 | 12 | #3,907 |
| 1966 | 943 | #228 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 1,055 | #225 | 5 | #6,832 |
| 1964 | 1,200 | #219 | 14 | #3,577 |
| 1963 | 1,294 | #216 | 11 | #4,103 |
| 1962 | 1,342 | #209 | 11 | #4,085 |
| 1961 | 1,439 | #203 | 8 | #5,020 |
| 1960 | 1,464 | #198 | 12 | #3,768 |
| 1959 | 1,533 | #193 | 11 | #3,896 |
| 1958 | 1,627 | #179 | 12 | #3,603 |
| 1957 | 1,825 | #170 | 12 | #3,541 |
| 1956 | 1,728 | #172 | 16 | #2,964 |
| 1955 | 1,715 | #165 | 9 | #4,168 |
| 1954 | 1,871 | #152 | 9 | #4,069 |
| 1953 | 1,875 | #152 | 12 | #3,334 |
| 1952 | 1,860 | #149 | 10 | #3,632 |
| 1951 | 1,935 | #140 | 11 | #3,341 |
| 1950 | 1,890 | #143 | 14 | #2,815 |
| 1949 | 2,020 | #133 | 17 | #2,445 |
| 1948 | 2,040 | #134 | 15 | #2,633 |
| 1947 | 2,212 | #130 | 12 | #3,117 |
| 1946 | 2,124 | #121 | 16 | #2,421 |
| 1945 | 1,986 | #114 | 13 | #2,508 |
| 1944 | 2,095 | #110 | 12 | #2,672 |
| 1943 | 2,226 | #112 | 7 | #3,934 |
| 1942 | 2,172 | #113 | 21 | #1,881 |
| 1941 | 2,109 | #102 | 8 | #3,352 |
| 1940 | 2,012 | #103 | 15 | #2,138 |
| 1939 | 2,094 | #94 | 16 | #2,065 |
| 1938 | 2,145 | #96 | 14 | #2,268 |
| 1937 | 2,388 | #80 | 16 | #2,030 |
| 1936 | 2,229 | #86 | 21 | #1,655 |
| 1935 | 2,506 | #76 | 21 | #1,689 |
| 1934 | 2,533 | #73 | 23 | #1,570 |
| 1933 | 2,541 | #69 | 24 | #1,523 |
| 1932 | 2,667 | #68 | 30 | #1,359 |
| 1931 | 2,707 | #66 | 24 | #1,566 |
| 1930 | 3,077 | #61 | 28 | #1,471 |
| 1929 | 3,079 | #58 | 32 | #1,350 |
| 1928 | 3,338 | #54 | 33 | #1,348 |
| 1927 | 3,549 | #53 | 42 | #1,202 |
| 1926 | 3,623 | #53 | 39 | #1,249 |
| 1925 | 3,524 | #58 | 33 | #1,421 |
| 1924 | 3,165 | #66 | 28 | #1,624 |
| 1923 | 3,143 | #64 | 32 | #1,437 |
| 1922 | 3,221 | #61 | 43 | #1,174 |
| 1921 | 3,255 | #63 | 27 | #1,637 |
| 1920 | 3,260 | #61 | 24 | #1,720 |
| 1919 | 3,121 | #59 | 37 | #1,253 |
| 1918 | 3,235 | #61 | 29 | #1,466 |
| 1917 | 2,820 | #62 | 32 | #1,292 |
| 1916 | 2,783 | #60 | 23 | #1,606 |
| 1915 | 2,824 | #59 | 28 | #1,350 |
| 1914 | 2,090 | #58 | 19 | #1,506 |
| 1913 | 1,740 | #58 | 18 | #1,377 |
| 1912 | 1,438 | #59 | 18 | #1,265 |
| 1911 | 734 | #57 | 13 | #1,329 |
| 1910 | 687 | #55 | 9 | #1,678 |
| 1909 | 570 | #53 | 9 | #1,514 |
| 1908 | 529 | #55 | 13 | #1,159 |
| 1907 | 521 | #53 | 5 | #2,181 |
| 1906 | 458 | #54 | 9 | #1,368 |
| 1905 | 523 | #44 | 11 | #1,198 |
| 1904 | 446 | #52 | 5 | #1,989 |
| 1903 | 472 | #46 | 12 | #1,048 |
| 1902 | 471 | #47 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 423 | #46 | 9 | #1,166 |
| 1900 | 555 | #48 | 14 | #1,025 |
| 1899 | 356 | #52 | 6 | #1,478 |
| 1898 | 434 | #51 | 7 | #1,418 |
| 1897 | 451 | #48 | 8 | #1,201 |
| 1896 | 396 | #55 | 10 | #1,073 |
| 1895 | 427 | #51 | 5 | #1,689 |
| 1894 | 445 | #46 | 10 | #1,021 |
| 1893 | 351 | #59 | 10 | #980 |
| 1892 | 420 | #52 | 6 | #1,341 |
| 1891 | 336 | #53 | 8 | #1,042 |
| 1890 | 341 | #60 | 6 | #1,262 |
| 1889 | 313 | #63 | 12 | #768 |
| 1888 | 302 | #67 | 7 | #1,071 |
| 1887 | 232 | #73 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 275 | #66 | 9 | #794 |
| 1885 | 259 | #70 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1884 | 263 | #70 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 217 | #73 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 231 | #76 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 178 | #78 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 206 | #75 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Floyd reached #44 in 1905. As a girl name, it reached #768 in 1889. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Floyd
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.