Byron
Boy nameByron has been given to 82,541 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1964 and currently ranks #981 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈbaɪɹən/
A habitational surname from Old English byrum (“at the byre or cattleshed”).
Origin: surnames
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
82,541
Peak year
1964 (1,289 babies)
Rank in 2025
#981 for boys
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -49%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Famous people named Byron
Gig Young
American actor (1913–1978)
Byron Howard
American film director and animator
Bill Lee
American businessman and politician (born 1959)
Byron Mann
Chinese-American actor
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Byron.
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