first name
FLOYD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 48,533 people named Floyd, 68.7% reported their origin as White, 23.5% as Black and 3% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Floyd peaked in 1926, when 3,662 babies got the name.
At least 155,747 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.
Floyd by decade
Among all names given to American babies, it ranked #146 in every decade from the 1910s to the 1920s. The largest share of babies named Floyd, 34.2%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Floyd is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Floyd has been most common in Oklahoma (3.1×), Arkansas (3×), and South Dakota (2.3×), and least common in Nevada (0.08×).
139,397 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.
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Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Floyd, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Floyd ranks #520 of 156,621, with 63,374 people. See Floyd as a last name
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