# Loyd (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/loyd/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 22,522 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 22,436 / 86 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 5 | 4,677 |
| 1918 | 10 | 3,154 |
| 1920 | 7 | 4,224 |
| 1921 | 6 | 4,824 |
| 1924 | 6 | 4,806 |
| 1926 | 7 | 4,111 |
| 1928 | 12 | 2,706 |
| 1929 | 6 | 4,370 |
| 1930 | 9 | 3,225 |
| 1931 | 6 | 4,152 |
| 1933 | 6 | 4,023 |
| 1934 | 6 | 4,105 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | 9,541 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,536 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,722 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,383 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,319 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,283 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,210 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,433 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,378 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,387 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7,984 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,370 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,704 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,514 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,159 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |

## People named Loyd

- Loyd Blankenship, American hacker

## 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.