Lloyd Boy
How popular is Lloyd?
#1,547 boy name in 2025
111 baby boys were named Lloyd in the US in 2025, making it the 1547th most popular boy name.
Lloyd popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,547 for boys (▲ 220 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 111 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+1% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,502 in 2015, #1,716 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (3,742 boys) |
| Highest rank | #51 in 1918 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lloyd counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lloyd family of names ranked #1,321 for boys in 2025 (#1,445 the year before), with 116 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lloyd | 111 | 96% |
| Loyd | 5 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lloyd is most popular
Babies named Lloyd per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 boys)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Utah: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Lloyd by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,254 | #98 |
| 1890s | 2,480 | #67 |
| 1900s | 3,507 | #67 |
| 1910s | 21,743 | #51 |
| 1920s | 33,125 | #58 |
| 1930s | 23,799 | #67 |
| 1940s | 23,603 | #96 |
| 1950s | 20,619 | #124 |
| 1960s | 13,430 | #180 |
| 1970s | 6,813 | #238 |
| 1980s | 4,598 | #332 |
| 1990s | 2,699 | #490 |
| 2000s | 1,518 | #901 |
| 2010s | 1,206 | #1,198 |
| 2020s | 596 | #1,546 |
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Questions
- Is Lloyd a boy or girl name?
- Lloyd is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lloyd were boys.
- How popular is the name Lloyd?
- 111 baby boys were named Lloyd in the US in 2025, making it the 1547th most popular boy name.
- When was Lloyd most popular?
- Lloyd peaked in 1918, when 3,742 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #51 in 1918.
- How many people are named Lloyd?
- 161,988 babies have been named Lloyd in the US since 1880. We estimate about 57,628 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 67.
- Where is Lloyd most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lloyd was most common in Washington, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.