NameTides

Byron

Byron was the #980 boys' name in the US in 2025 (233 babies), and #1,897 in England & Wales and #1,443 in Canada.

Byron as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Byron as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandCanadaEngland & Wales
Byron as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, 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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#980 (233)#1,897 (13)——#829 (3)#1,443 (16)
2024#877 (275)#1,758 (14)———#1,654 (12)
2023#835 (291)#1,461 (17)——#770 (3)#1,810 (10)
2022#891 (264)#1,011 (29)——#657 (4)#1,483 (13)
2021#751 (339)#825 (38)——#631 (4)#997 (23)
2020#790 (294)#944 (30)——#741 (3)#1,382 (14)
2019#711 (347)#874 (34)——#564 (5)#1,530 (12)
2018#737 (324)#887 (34)——#520 (6)#964 (23)
2017#649 (399)#644 (55)#733 (3)—#495 (6)#864 (27)
2016#669 (385)#558 (67)——#713 (3)#911 (25)
2015#599 (457)#538 (71)#588 (4)—#554 (5)#1,041 (20)
2014#653 (402)#566 (63)#490 (6)—#468 (7)#977 (22)
2013#516 (515)#514 (72)#687 (3)—#534 (5)#1,002 (21)
2012#543 (481)#522 (71)#500 (5)—#718 (3)#1,102 (18)
2011#505 (512)#407 (98)——#730 (3)#722 (32)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1967 at #196.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,400 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 7,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 21,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Byron is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,300 to 1 in 9,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Byron by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #768MINew York: #798NYMassachusetts: #467MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: #829NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,119CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,012TXFlorida: #1,009FL
Byron (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
ByronCanadaBoys#1,44316
ByronEngland & WalesBoys#1,89713
ByronIrelandBoys#8293
ByronNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ByronScotlandBoys—too few
ByronUSGirls—too few
ByronUSBoys#980233