# Boyd (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/boyd/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “blond”, “yellow”, “fair” |
| Pronunciation | /bɔɪd/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 27,745 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 27,680 / 65 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 228, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic, either buidhe (“blond, yellow, fair”), or a habitational surname from the Isle of Bute in Scotland.

## What it means

Boyd is grouped under white.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 6 | 3,982 |
| 1918 | 5 | 4,912 |
| 1919 | 11 | 2,837 |
| 1920 | 7 | 4,010 |
| 1924 | 9 | 3,435 |
| 1925 | 8 | 3,706 |
| 1927 | 9 | 3,316 |
| 1932 | 5 | 4,496 |
| 1944 | 5 | 4,637 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 2,707 |
| 2012 | 73 | 1,943 |
| 2013 | 75 | 1,881 |
| 2014 | 99 | 1,588 |
| 2015 | 81 | 1,828 |
| 2016 | 99 | 1,619 |
| 2017 | 122 | 1,422 |
| 2018 | 117 | 1,480 |
| 2019 | 97 | 1,659 |
| 2020 | 109 | 1,528 |
| 2021 | 106 | 1,606 |
| 2022 | 107 | 1,628 |
| 2023 | 67 | 2,151 |
| 2024 | 65 | 2,212 |
| 2025 | 78 | 1,959 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 23 | 1,053 |
| 2008 | 15 | 1,457 |
| 2009 | 13 | 1,649 |
| 2010 | 17 | 1,407 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Boyd

- Boyd Holbrook, American actor and former model
- Boyd Alexander, British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)
- Boyd Gaines, American actor
- Boyd K. Packer, Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1924-2015)
- Boyd Rice, American experimental musician
- Boyd Raeburn, American musician (1913–1966)
- Boyd Gordon, Canadian ice hockey player
- Boyd Irwin, actor (1880-1957)
- Boyd Morgan, American actor, stuntman and American football player (1915-1988)
- Boyd Coddington, American hot rod designer (1944–2008)
- Boyd Atkins, American musician
- Boyd Marshall, American actor (1884-1950)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.