How rare is the name Byron?

57,834 people in the United States have the first name Byron, about 1 in 5,222. It ranks #819 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BYRON

#819

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
57,834
About
1 in 5,222
This common or more
67.1%
Who bears it

Of the 57,834 people named Byron, 47% reported their origin as White, 28.5% as Black and 17.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Byron peaked in 1964, when 1,289 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1964
Births that year
1,289
In 2025*
233 ▼82%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 82,541 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Byron by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #465. The largest share of babies named Byron, 24.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#504498
1890s#604547
1900s#673616
1910s#5123,525
1920s#5185,519
1930s#5184,841
1940s#5116,541
1950s#47210,547
1960s#46512,184
1970s#5059,531
1980s#5079,730
1990s#7377,042
2000s#1,0255,337
2010s#1,2554,387
2020s#1,7601,696
Before 19011.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2710.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.3%
Baby boom 1946–6424.1%
Generation X 1965–8020%
Millennials 1981–9617%
Generation Z 1997–1210.4%
2013 and later5.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Byron is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Byron has been most common in Louisiana (2.9×), Hawaii (1.9×), and District of Columbia (1.8×), and least common in Wyoming (0.31×).

76,840 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Byron

#817 Robyn · 58,115#818 Jo · 57,903#820 Dillon · 57,539#821 Marshall · 57,529

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Byron, most common first.

#12,390 Byran · 1,006#48,685 Byren · 130

Also a last name

As a last name, Byron ranks #5,434 of 156,621, with 6,199 people. See Byron as a last name

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