Floyd

Meaning: Grey, grey-haired
Origin: Variant of Lloyd (from Welsh)

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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#2,750 in England & Wales (2025).

Famous Floyds

Floyd Mayweather — American boxer
Floyd Landis — American road racing cyclist
Floyd Patterson — American heavyweight boxer (1935–2006)
Floyd Ayité — Togolese-French footballer (born 1988)
Floyd Red Crow Westerman — Native American entertainer (1936–2007)

In stories & tradition

Floyd (Deadshot) — Smallville (TV series)
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.

Similar names: Lloyd · Irving · Florian · Glen · Boyd · Duane

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