Byron

Meaning: At the cattle sheds
Origin: English surname

Boy's name · #981 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Byron holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#981 in 2025). About 82,000 boys have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#207 in Ecuador (2025) · #829 in Ireland (2025) · #1,443 in Canada (2025) · #1,897 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #2,307 in France (2025) · #8,142 in Italy (2024) · #2,128 in Austria (2024) · #243 in Puerto Rico (2021) · #733 in Scotland (2017) · #409 in New Zealand (2016) · #1,223 in Belgium (2016) and 2 more.

Famous Byrons

Byron Donalds — United States Representative from Florida since 2021 (born 1978)
Byron Allen — American businessman and comedian (born 1961)
Byron Howard — American filmmaker (born 1968)
Byron Scott — American basketball player and coach (born 1961)
Byron Mann — Hong Kong-American actor (born 1967)

In stories & tradition

Byron Gordon — Babylon 5 (TV series)
Byron^it — Fictional character from the Pokémon franchise

What Byrons become

Among 638 notable people named Byron:

Sports figures appear 1.93× more often than among typical names — e.g. Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach (born 1961).

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