Floyd

Meaning: Grey, grey-haired
Origin: Welsh surname — Variant of Lloyd

Boy's name · #2237 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Floyd is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1905, when it ranked #44. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 154,000 boys since 1880, ranked #2237 today. 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 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#2,095 in Canada (2025) · #2,664 in England & Wales (2025) · #4,223 in France (2025) · #2,159 in Sweden (2024) · #983 in Netherlands (2023) · #12,000 in Italy (2023) · #711 in Scotland (2020) · #451 in New Zealand (2018) · #2,423 in Austria (2018) · #5,455 in Ecuador (2015) · #720 in Ireland (2010).

Famous Floyds

Floyd Mayweather — American boxer and boxing promoter (born 1977)
Floyd Landis — American cyclist (born 1975)
Floyd Patterson — American boxer (1935–2006)
Floyd Red Crow Westerman — American actor and political activist (1936–2007)
Floyd Collins — American cave explorer (1887–1925)

In stories & tradition

Floyd (Deadshot) — Supervillain appearing in DC Comics
Floyd Pepper^nl — Muppets
Floyd Farnsworth — Futurama (TV series)

What Floyds become

Among 438 notable people named Floyd:

Sports figures appear 1.55× more often than among typical names — e.g. Floyd Mayweather, American boxer and boxing promoter (born 1977).

Similar names: Lloyd · Irving · Flint · Duane · Boyd · Conley

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