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Boyd

Boy's name · #1959 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Boyd holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1959 in 2025). About 28,000 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 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Boyd ranks in other countries and regions.

#359 in Netherlands (2025) · #2,165 in Canada (2024).

Famous Boyds

• Boyd Holbrook — American actor and former model
• Boyd Alexander — British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873–1910)
• Boyd Gaines — American actor
• Boyd K. Packer — Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1924–2015)
• Boyd Rice — American experimental musician

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 153,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Billy Boyd — Scottish actor and musician
• Stephen Boyd — Northern Irish actor (1931–1977)
• William Boyd — Scottish novelist, short story writer, and screen writer (born 1952)

In stories & tradition

• Boyd Rolleston — Shortland Street (TV series)
• Boyd Hoyland — Neighbours (TV series)
• Boyd — Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (video game)

What Boyds become

Among 161 notable people named Boyd:

Sports figures appear 1.55× more often than among typical names — e.g. Boyd Gordon, Canadian ice hockey player.

Similar names: Mervin · Bodee · Irvin · Lloyd · Orrin · Blair

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