Floyd Name Popularity

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How popular is Floyd?

Ranking 1,816th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Floyd is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Floyd has seen higher popularity rankings.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #44 in 1905.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1926 with 3,622 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Floyd was 79 in 2010.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Floyd occurred roughly during the years 1889-1892, 1896-1900, and 1909-1918, whereas 1961-1966, 1973-1976, 1980-1983, 1989-1996, and 2007-2010 were years of successive downward movement.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

How popular will Floyd be?

Floyd's popularity has been moving downward for some time. however, the number of children named Floyd lately has remained about the same.

The name Floyd is quite distinctive and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Floyd has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Floyd (Girl)		Floyd (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	83	1,816
2017		< 5	--	96	1,647
2016		< 5	--	118	1,457
2015		< 5	--	107	1,529
2014		< 5	--	87	1,733
2013		< 5	--	89	1,675
2012		< 5	--	80	1,836
2011		< 5	--	87	1,703
2010		< 5	--	79	1,837
2009		< 5	--	105	1,556
2008		< 5	--	107	1,517
2007		< 5	--	109	1,468
2006		< 5	--	93	1,576
2005		< 5	--	98	1,481
2004		< 5	--	113	1,310
2003		< 5	--	103	1,337
2002		< 5	--	108	1,261
2001		< 5	--	120	1,149
2000		< 5	--	139	1,040
1999		< 5	--	117	1,127
1998		< 5	--	141	978
1997		< 5	--	145	932
1996		< 5	--	134	961
1995		< 5	--	150	893
1994		< 5	--	184	784
1993		< 5	--	224	689
1992		5	13,992	195	740
1991		< 5	--	247	648
1990		< 5	--	251	637
1989		< 5	--	293	568
1988		< 5	--	275	553
1987		5	11,888	326	490
1986		5	11,513	328	481
1985		< 5	--	304	499
1984		< 5	--	330	465
1983		5	10,795	356	439
1982		5	11,007	394	422
1981		< 5	--	432	390
1980		5	10,885	445	384
1979		< 5	--	448	381
1978		< 5	--	477	354
1977		5	10,111	491	354
1976		6	8,469	448	360
1975		< 5	--	520	334
1974		5	9,193	591	310
1973		14	4,214	605	297
1972		5	8,683	611	304
1971		< 5	--	735	283
1970		9	5,524	755	279
1969		6	6,889	797	263
1968		< 5	--	829	249
1967		12	3,904	869	237
1966		< 5	--	943	228
1965		5	6,826	1,054	225
1964		14	3,576	1,201	219
1963		11	4,103	1,296	216
1962		11	4,082	1,340	209
1961		8	5,017	1,437	203
1960		12	3,770	1,465	198
1959		11	3,898	1,537	192
1958		12	3,605	1,622	179
1957		12	3,539	1,827	170
1956		16	2,965	1,725	173
1955		9	4,168	1,716	165
1954		9	4,070	1,869	152
1953		12	3,336	1,877	152
1952		10	3,632	1,860	149
1951		11	3,338	1,935	140
1950		14	2,815	1,889	143
1949		17	2,446	2,022	133
1948		15	2,634	2,041	134
1947		12	3,117	2,212	130
1946		16	2,421	2,125	121
1945		13	2,507	1,983	114
1944		12	2,673	2,094	110
1943		7	3,933	2,228	112
1942		21	1,881	2,171	113
1941		8	3,352	2,108	102
1940		15	2,138	2,011	103
1939		16	2,065	2,094	94
1938		14	2,267	2,147	96
1937		16	2,030	2,386	80
1936		21	1,654	2,230	86
1935		21	1,689	2,505	76
1934		23	1,570	2,532	73
1933		24	1,523	2,539	69
1932		30	1,359	2,668	68
1931		24	1,566	2,705	66
1930		28	1,470	3,077	61
1929		32	1,350	3,079	58
1928		33	1,348	3,338	54
1927		42	1,202	3,548	53
1926		39	1,249	3,622	53
1925		33	1,420	3,524	58
1924		28	1,624	3,167	66
1923		32	1,437	3,144	64
1922		43	1,174	3,220	61
1921		27	1,637	3,255	63
1920		24	1,719	3,260	61
1919		37	1,253	3,121	59
1918		29	1,466	3,235	61
1917		32	1,292	2,820	62
1916		23	1,606	2,783	60
1915		28	1,350	2,824	59
1914		19	1,506	2,090	58
1913		18	1,377	1,740	58
1912		18	1,265	1,438	59
1911		13	1,329	734	57
1910		9	1,678	687	55
1909		9	1,514	570	53
1908		13	1,159	529	55
1907		5	2,181	521	53
1906		9	1,368	458	54
1905		11	1,198	523	44
1904		5	1,989	446	52
1903		12	1,048	472	46
1902		< 5	--	471	47
1901		9	1,166	423	46
1900		14	1,025	555	48
1899		6	1,478	356	52
1898		7	1,418	434	51
1897		8	1,201	451	48
1896		10	1,073	396	55
1895		5	1,689	427	51
1894		10	1,021	445	46
1893		10	980	351	59
1892		6	1,341	420	52
1891		8	1,042	336	53
1890		6	1,262	341	60
1889		12	768	313	63
1888		7	1,071	302	67
1887		< 5	--	232	73
1886		9	794	275	66
1885		5	1,100	259	70
1884		< 5	--	263	70
1883		< 5	--	217	73
1882		< 5	--	231	76
1881		< 5	--	178	78
1880		< 5	--	206	75

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.