Boyd

Boy name

Boyd has been given to 27,745 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1922.

Meaning & origin /bɔɪd/

From Scottish Gaelic, either buidhe (“blond, yellow, fair”), or a habitational surname from the Isle of Bute in Scotland.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

27,745

Peak year

1922 (508 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -4%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Boyd.

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