Lloyd
Lloyd was the 1549th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 111 babies. Its best year was 1918, when it ranked 51st with 3,742 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 39 places. More babies were named Lloyd in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Meaning gray, gray-haired · Welsh
Say it LOYD /lɔɪd/
- Rank in 2025
- #1,549 boys, up 180 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 111boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19183,742 babies
- Total since 1880
- 161,988babies recorded
What does the name Lloyd mean?
Lloyd is a Welsh surname from llwyd 'gray, gray-haired', originally a nickname, as Wiktionary notes. The double l spells the Welsh 'll' sound, which English speakers render as L or, in the variant Floyd, FL. As a first name it was very common in the US in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; architect Frank Lloyd Wright is a famous bearer of it as a middle name.
llwyd (Welsh, “gray, gray-haired”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Pronunciation: The Welsh 'll' is a voiceless l sound, not used in English.
See also: Welsh names, names that mean a color.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Lloyd', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'llwyd' (Welsh section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
Lloyd popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 998 since 1903.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,549 | 111 |
| 2020 | #1,729 | 90 |
| 2010 | #1,338 | 128 |
| 2000 | #921 | 167 |
| 1990 | #491 | 391 |
| 1980 | #335 | 560 |
| 1970 | #239 | 990 |
| 1960 | #180 | 1,733 |
| 1950 | #127 | 2,120 |
| 1940 | #100 | 2,067 |
| 1930 | #69 | 2,838 |
| 1920 | #58 | 3,454 |
| 1910 | #67 | 545 |
| 1900 | #78 | 337 |
| 1890 | #94 | 182 |
| 1880 | #124 | 104 |
How popular is Lloyd, counting every spelling?
Lloyd is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,422 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,549 for Lloyd on its own. Together these spellings went to 116 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd | 111 | #1,549 | 506 |
| Loyd | 5 | #13,159 | 25 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Lloyd?
111 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lloyd (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Lloyd born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 76 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lloyd.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lloyd?
About 53,600 people born in the US named Lloyd are alive today, with a median age of 66; half are between 53 and 76. That makes Lloyd a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Lloyd by state
How common Lloyd was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (1.7×). In 35 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lloyd: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lloyd, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Lloyd · Sibling names for Lloyd
Questions about the name Lloyd
What does Lloyd mean?
Lloyd means “gray, gray-haired” (Welsh origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Lloyd?
Lloyd was the 1549th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 111 babies. Its best year was 1918, when it ranked 51st with 3,742 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 39 places. More babies were named Lloyd in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Lloyd a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Lloyd in the US.
Where is Lloyd most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lloyd was most common in Washington (0.11 per 1,000 boys), followed by Ohio and Kentucky.