# Floyd (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/floyd/  
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 | Welsh |
| Meaning | “grey”, “grey-haired” |
| Pronunciation | /flɔɪd/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 155,747 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 154,370 / 1,377 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 435, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicisation of the Welsh name Lloyd, from Welsh llwyd (“grey, grey-haired”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 5 | 6,834 |
| 1967 | 12 | 3,908 |
| 1969 | 6 | 6,891 |
| 1970 | 9 | 5,527 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8,685 |
| 1973 | 14 | 4,213 |
| 1974 | 5 | 9,196 |
| 1976 | 6 | 8,473 |
| 1977 | 5 | 10,111 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,886 |
| 1982 | 5 | 11,017 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,798 |
| 1986 | 5 | 11,521 |
| 1987 | 5 | 11,896 |
| 1992 | 5 | 13,994 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 88 | 1,692 |
| 2012 | 80 | 1,839 |
| 2013 | 91 | 1,662 |
| 2014 | 87 | 1,736 |
| 2015 | 107 | 1,532 |
| 2016 | 118 | 1,457 |
| 2017 | 97 | 1,633 |
| 2018 | 85 | 1,798 |
| 2019 | 78 | 1,905 |
| 2020 | 70 | 2,031 |
| 2021 | 77 | 1,946 |
| 2022 | 64 | 2,252 |
| 2023 | 53 | 2,520 |
| 2024 | 69 | 2,141 |
| 2025 | 63 | 2,237 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,158 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,086 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,093 |
| 2015 | 32 | 927 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,146 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Floyd

- Floyd Mayweather, American boxer
- Floyd Landis, American road racing cyclist
- Floyd Patterson, American heavyweight boxer (1935-2006)
- Floyd Council, American blues guitarist and singer (1911-1976)
- Floyd Cramer, American pianist (1933–1997)
- Floyd Gottfredson, American cartoonist (1905-1986)
- Floyd B. Olson, 22nd governor of Minnesota (1891-1936)
- Floyd Simmons, athletics competitor (1923-2008)
- Floyd Crosby, American cinematographer (1899-1985)
- Floyd Vivino, American actor
- Floyd Martin, Canadian ice hockey player (1929–2023)
- Floyd Henry Allport, American psychologist (1890-1979)

## 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.