Boyd
About Boyd
Has a bit of a hayseed image, and that oy sound is tough to work with.
As of October 2026, Boyd ranked #1959 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #228 in 1899.
Editor's take: The name Boyd is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "blond".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,588 | 99 | 51.5 |
| 2015 | #1,828 | 81 | 42.3 |
| 2016 | #1,619 | 99 | 52.2 |
| 2017 | #1,422 | 122 | 65.9 |
| 2018 | #1,479 | 117 | 64.4 |
| 2019 | #1,659 | 97 | 54.1 |
| 2020 | #1,527 | 109 | 63.1 |
| 2021 | #1,605 | 106 | 60.6 |
| 2022 | #1,628 | 107 | 61.3 |
| 2023 | #2,148 | 67 | 39.2 |
| 2024 | #2,207 | 65 | 37.7 |
| 2025 | #1,959 | 78 | 45.7 |
World rankings
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Boyd on lists
Famous Boyds
- (Robert) Boyd Holbrook
American actor and model
- Boyd Payne Gaines
American actor
- Boyd Efram Jones
American NFL player
- Boyd Blake Rice aka NON
American experimental musician
- Boyd Kenneth Packer
American Mormon leader
- Boyd Calvin Tinsley
American violinist and member of Dave Matthew's Band
- Boyd Tyrone "Ty" Herndon
American country music singer
- Dwight Devon Boyd Gayle
English professional footballer
Boyd in pop culture
- Boyd Crowder
character on TV's "Justified"
- Boyd Baxter
little boy character on TV's "Last Man Standing"
- Woody Boyd
character on TV's "Cheers" played by Woody Harrelson
- Boyd Bloodworth
character in the movie "Bloodworth"
- Boyd Hoyland
character in Australian TV soap "Neighbours"
- Boyd Langton
character on TV's "Dollhouse"
- Vernon Boyd
character on MTV's "Teen Wolf"
- Boyd Wainwright
character in "The Sims 3" computer game
- Boyds Bears
line of collectible resin and stuffed teddy bears
- Boyd Kadin Beaulieu
character in the "Evenfall" series
- Boyd Mosche
husband of Edmund "Ned" Chicane in the second campaign of the podcast "The Adventure Zone"