Byron
Top 1000
About Byron
For centuries, this name had a romantic, windswept image due to its strong connection to the poet Lord Byron, who inspired its use as a first name. It is one of those surprise names that's appeared on the Top 1000 every year since 1880.
William Faulkner used Byron for characters in two of his novels--Light in August and The Town' It was seen as a character on Arrested Development (the real name of Buster), is the appellation of several high-scoring athletes, was given to his son by Lost 's Matthew Fox in 2001 and--trivia tidbit bonus--was James Dean's middle name.
Pronounced BY-ruhn.
As of October 2026, Byron ranked #981 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #194 in 1882, Nameberry popularity #578.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #653 | 401 | 208.8 |
| 2015 | #598 | 457 | 238.4 |
| 2016 | #670 | 385 | 202.9 |
| 2017 | #649 | 399 | 215.6 |
| 2018 | #736 | 324 | 178.4 |
| 2019 | #711 | 347 | 193.4 |
| 2020 | #790 | 294 | 170.3 |
| 2021 | #751 | 339 | 193.8 |
| 2022 | #891 | 264 | 151.2 |
| 2023 | #835 | 291 | 170.1 |
| 2024 | #882 | 272 | 157.9 |
| 2025 | #981 | 233 | 136.4 |
World rankings
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Byron on lists
Famous Byrons
- George Gordon
Lord Byron, English Romantic poet
- Byron Raymond White
NFL player and U.S. Supreme Court justice
- (John) Byron Nelson Jr.
American pro golfer
- Byron Bell
American football player
- Byron Maxwell
American football player
- Byron Leftwich
American football player
- Byron Larkin
American basketball player
- Byron Antom Scott
American basketball player and head coach
- Byron Gallimore
American country music producer
- Byron Allen
American comic and television personality
- Byron Cage
American gospel singer
- Byron Leslie Dorgan
former U.S. Senator from North Dakota
- Byron Black
Zimbabwean tennis player
- Byron Talbot
South African tennis player
- Byron Cherry
American actor, businessman, entrepreneur
- Byron Kelleher
New Zealand rugby player
- Byron Krieger
American fencer
- Byron Piedra
Ecuadorian runner
- Byron Fox
son of actor Matthew Fox
- Byron Katie (female)
American speaker and author
- Byron Langley
South African Model and Actor
- Byron Lovelace
Grandson of Lord Byron
Byron in pop culture
- Byron Sully
character on TV's "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman"
- Byron
steel,type gym leader in the Pokemon video games and anime
- Byron Montgomery
character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
- Byron Pike
character in "The Baby,Sitters Club" book series; triplet brothers Adam and Jordan Pike
- Byron Watson
character in "The Watsons Go to Birmingham , 1963"
- Byron Kaneb
character on TV's "Boston Legal"
- Byron Rannt
character in video game "Sims 3: Moonlight Bay"
- Byron "Buster" Bluth
character in "Arrested Development"
- Byron
character on TV's "H2O: Just Add Water"
- Byron Bay
coastal town in Australia
- Byron Wagner
the king of Stein in the game "Midnight Cinderella"
- Byron Henry
character in the mini series for TV 'The Winds of War ' and 'War and remembrance '