first name
LOYD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,718 people named Loyd, 85.2% reported their origin as White, 6.6% as Black and 3.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Loyd peaked in 1926, when 630 babies got the name.
At least 22,522 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.
Loyd by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #498. The largest share of babies named Loyd, 39.6%, 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 Loyd is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Loyd has been most common in Oklahoma (7.9×), Arkansas (7.7×), and Tennessee (3.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.05×).
17,861 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 Loyd
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Loyd, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Loyd ranks #2,750 of 156,621, with 12,751 people. See Loyd as a last name
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