Lloyd

Meaning: Grey, grey-haired
Origin: Welsh surname

Boy's name · #1549 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Lloyd is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1918, when it ranked #51. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 161,000 boys since 1880, ranked #1549 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 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,359 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,976 in France (2025) · #2,095 in Canada (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #2,353 in Switzerland (2025) · #16,062 in Italy (2024) · #614 in Scotland (2023) · #984 in Belgium (2023) · #2,714 in Austria (2023) · #1,070 in Netherlands (2022) · #6,547 in Ecuador (2020) · #679 in Poland (2018) and 4 more.

Famous Lloyds

Lloyd J. Austin III — American U.S. Army general (born 1953)
Lloyd Shapley — American mathematician (1923–2016)
Lloyd Sherr — American actor (born 1956)
Lloyd Bridges — American actor (1913–1998)
Lloyd Alexander — American children's writer (1924–2007)
Lloyd Banks — American rapper (born 1982)
Lloyd Bentsen — American politician (1921–2006)
Lloyd Bacon — Actor, director (1889–1955)

In stories & tradition

Lloyd Garmadon — Fictional character in Ninjago TV series
Lloyd Irving — Video game character from the Tales series
Lloyd Mullaney — Fictional character from Coronation Street

What Lloyds become

Among 999 notable people named Lloyd:

Sports figures appear 1.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lloyd Kelly, English footballer (born 1998).

Similar names: Floyd · Don · Lonnie · Irving · Boyd · Glen

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