Lloyd
Welsh, from llwyd, meaning grey, used first as a nickname and later as a surname before passing into use as a given name.
Lloyd in 2025
Lloyd was given to 111 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 3,304th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 29,868 babies born.
The history of Lloyd
Lloyd reached its highest point in 1918, when 3,765 babies were given the name, ranking 121st that year.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 161,988 babies have been named Lloyd. Half of them were born before 1937, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Silent Generation.
Lloyd by decade
| Decade | Babies named Lloyd | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,254 | 264 |
| 1890s | 2,480 | 220 |
| 1900s | 3,528 | 218 |
| 1910s | 21,918 | 121 |
| 1920s | 33,380 | 137 |
| 1930s | 24,002 | 158 |
| 1940s | 23,723 | 214 |
| 1950s | 20,711 | 268 |
| 1960s | 13,494 | 382 |
| 1970s | 6,836 | 530 |
| 1980s | 4,643 | 731 |
| 1990s | 2,699 | 1,085 |
| 2000s | 1,518 | 2,058 |
| 2010s | 1,206 | 2,682 |
| 2020s | 596 | 3,284 |
Where Lloyd is heading
Lloyd has held roughly steady over the past decade, from 110 babies in 2015 to 111 in 2025.
That is less than 5% of its 1918 peak — Lloyd is now a rare name in the United States.
Names like Lloyd
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Lloyd.