NameTides

Boyd

Boyd was the #1,959 boys' name in the US in 2025 (78 babies), and #2,527 in Canada.

Boyd as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Boyd as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Boyd as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,959 (78)——#2,527 (7)
2024#2,210 (65)——#2,062 (9)
2023#2,147 (67)—#533 (5)—
2022#1,626 (107)#4,790 (3)#703 (3)#1,759 (10)
2021#1,606 (106)#4,789 (3)#605 (4)#1,560 (12)
2020#1,528 (109)#3,848 (4)#536 (5)#1,454 (13)
2019#1,658 (97)#3,013 (6)—#1,375 (14)
2018#1,478 (117)#3,412 (5)—#1,175 (17)
2017#1,421 (122)#2,512 (8)#602 (4)#1,720 (10)
2016#1,618 (99)—#532 (5)#2,182 (7)
2015#1,826 (81)#3,004 (6)#470 (6)#1,956 (8)
2014#1,588 (99)#3,895 (4)#587 (4)#2,371 (6)
2013#1,878 (75)#1,920 (11)#434 (7)#1,654 (10)
2012#1,942 (73)#2,270 (9)#318 (11)#1,971 (8)
2011#2,699 (44)#1,909 (11)#304 (12)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1899 at #228.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 22,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Boyd is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 28,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 41,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Boyd by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Boyd (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BoydCanadaBoys#2,5277
BoydEngland & WalesBoys—too few
BoydNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BoydScotlandBoys—too few
BoydUSGirls—too few
BoydUSBoys#1,95978