Boyd is an established boys' name that peaked in 1922 and has since faded.
Boyd is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,959 for boy births in the United States (and #4,195 across all names), given to 78 babies. Boyd first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1922 (508 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,959 |
| 2024 | 65 | 65 | — | #2,212 |
| 2023 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,151 |
| 2022 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,628 |
| 2021 | 106 | 106 | — | #1,606 |
| 2020 | 109 | 109 | — | #1,528 |
| 2019 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,659 |
| 2018 | 117 | 117 | — | #1,480 |
| 2017 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,422 |
| 2016 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,619 |
| 2015 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,828 |
| 2014 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,588 |
| 2013 | 75 | 75 | — | #1,881 |
| 2012 | 73 | 73 | — | #1,943 |
| 2011 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,707 |
| 2010 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,519 |
| 2009 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,804 |
| 2008 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,474 |
| 2007 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,141 |
| 2006 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,937 |
| 2005 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,571 |
| 2004 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,495 |
| 2003 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,435 |
| 2002 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,094 |
| 2001 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,433 |
| 2000 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,336 |
| 1999 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,235 |
| 1998 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,069 |
| 1997 | 63 | — | — | #1,601 |
| 1996 | 51 | — | — | #1,785 |
| 1995 | 53 | — | — | #1,683 |
| 1994 | 58 | — | — | #1,581 |
| 1993 | 55 | — | — | #1,620 |
| 1992 | 57 | — | — | #1,546 |
| 1991 | 57 | — | — | #1,528 |
| 1990 | 64 | — | — | #1,396 |
| 1989 | 50 | — | — | #1,591 |
| 1988 | 54 | — | — | #1,429 |
| 1987 | 54 | — | — | #1,369 |
| 1986 | 67 | — | — | #1,155 |
| 1985 | 79 | — | — | #1,034 |
| 1984 | 76 | — | — | #1,024 |
| 1983 | 68 | — | — | #1,079 |
| 1982 | 100 | — | — | #894 |
| 1981 | 96 | — | — | #914 |
| 1980 | 98 | — | — | #905 |
| 1979 | 102 | — | — | #858 |
| 1978 | 102 | — | — | #847 |
| 1977 | 115 | — | — | #796 |
| 1976 | 111 | — | — | #786 |
| 1975 | 137 | — | — | #707 |
| 1974 | 150 | — | — | #659 |
| 1973 | 148 | — | — | #656 |
| 1972 | 154 | — | — | #639 |
| 1971 | 185 | — | — | #615 |
| 1970 | 273 | — | — | #490 |
| 1969 | 251 | — | — | #484 |
| 1968 | 271 | — | — | #462 |
| 1967 | 251 | — | — | #476 |
| 1966 | 265 | — | — | #470 |
| 1965 | 285 | — | — | #460 |
| 1964 | 337 | — | — | #435 |
| 1963 | 339 | — | — | #433 |
| 1962 | 408 | — | — | #401 |
| 1961 | 355 | — | — | #421 |
| 1960 | 370 | — | — | #410 |
| 1959 | 377 | — | — | #408 |
| 1958 | 365 | — | — | #409 |
| 1957 | 388 | — | — | #390 |
| 1956 | 377 | — | — | #386 |
| 1955 | 369 | — | — | #376 |
| 1954 | 343 | — | — | #385 |
| 1953 | 390 | — | — | #350 |
| 1952 | 397 | — | — | #345 |
| 1951 | 365 | — | — | #361 |
| 1950 | 342 | — | — | #365 |
| 1949 | 345 | — | — | #362 |
| 1948 | 354 | — | — | #358 |
| 1947 | 427 | — | — | #334 |
| 1946 | 362 | — | — | #340 |
| 1945 | 318 | — | — | #335 |
| 1944 | 350 | — | #4,637 | #325 |
| 1943 | 405 | — | — | #307 |
| 1942 | 393 | — | — | #310 |
| 1941 | 412 | — | — | #285 |
| 1940 | 374 | — | — | #290 |
| 1939 | 361 | — | — | #290 |
| 1938 | 413 | — | — | #271 |
| 1937 | 419 | — | — | #264 |
| 1936 | 356 | — | — | #285 |
| 1935 | 351 | — | — | #289 |
| 1934 | 398 | — | — | #272 |
| 1933 | 406 | — | — | #264 |
| 1932 | 402 | — | #4,496 | #274 |
| 1931 | 426 | — | — | #262 |
| 1930 | 430 | — | — | #272 |
| 1929 | 461 | — | — | #261 |
| 1928 | 445 | — | — | #269 |
| 1927 | 449 | — | #3,316 | #271 |
| 1926 | 432 | — | — | #273 |
| 1925 | 501 | — | #3,706 | #256 |
| 1924 | 468 | — | #3,435 | #266 |
| 1923 | 429 | — | — | #272 |
| 1922 | 508 | — | — | #248 |
| 1921 | 438 | — | — | #267 |
| 1920 | 464 | — | #4,010 | #256 |
| 1919 | 426 | — | #2,837 | #261 |
| 1918 | 438 | — | #4,912 | #255 |
| 1917 | 388 | — | — | #257 |
| 1916 | 390 | — | #3,982 | #252 |
| 1915 | 335 | — | — | #264 |
| 1914 | 287 | — | — | #254 |
| 1913 | 197 | — | — | #278 |
| 1912 | 171 | — | — | #268 |
| 1911 | 85 | — | — | #286 |
| 1910 | 86 | — | — | #263 |
| 1909 | 68 | — | — | #269 |
| 1908 | 61 | — | — | #274 |
| 1907 | 54 | — | — | #286 |
| 1906 | 54 | — | — | #266 |
| 1905 | 40 | — | — | #316 |
| 1904 | 46 | — | — | #278 |
| 1903 | 41 | — | — | #294 |
| 1902 | 42 | — | — | #293 |
| 1901 | 42 | — | — | #265 |
| 1900 | 62 | — | — | #260 |
| 1899 | 53 | — | — | #228 |
| 1898 | 34 | — | — | #329 |
| 1897 | 37 | — | — | #300 |
| 1896 | 34 | — | — | #325 |
| 1895 | 31 | — | — | #330 |
| 1894 | 46 | — | — | #256 |
| 1893 | 35 | — | — | #292 |
| 1892 | 37 | — | — | #304 |
| 1891 | 29 | — | — | #309 |
| 1890 | 35 | — | — | #290 |
| 1889 | 47 | — | — | #237 |
| 1888 | 41 | — | — | #281 |
| 1887 | 26 | — | — | #325 |
| 1886 | 43 | — | — | #259 |
| 1885 | 40 | — | — | #263 |
| 1884 | 24 | — | — | #360 |
| 1883 | 21 | — | — | #373 |
| 1882 | 29 | — | — | #318 |
| 1881 | 24 | — | — | #332 |
| 1880 | 16 | — | — | #443 |