Floyd
About Floyd
Floyd was a Top 100 name from the 1880s to the 1940s that somehow developed an almost comical hayseed persona along with a touch of retro jazz cool; it's beginning to appeal to parents with a strong taste for the quirky.
In terms of namesakes and references, there is two-time heavyweight champ Floyd Patterson, well-known attorney Floyd Abrams, Mayberry barber Floyd Lawson, Muppet Floyd Pepper, and the iconic British rock band, Pink Floyd.
As of October 2026, Floyd ranked #2237 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #44 in 1905.
Editor's take: The name Floyd is a boy's name of Welsh origin meaning "gray-haired".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,736 | 87 | 45.3 |
| 2015 | #1,532 | 107 | 55.8 |
| 2016 | #1,457 | 118 | 62.2 |
| 2017 | #1,632 | 97 | 52.4 |
| 2018 | #1,798 | 85 | 46.8 |
| 2019 | #1,905 | 78 | 43.5 |
| 2020 | #2,029 | 70 | 40.6 |
| 2021 | #1,946 | 77 | 44 |
| 2022 | #2,251 | 64 | 36.7 |
| 2023 | #2,515 | 53 | 31 |
| 2024 | #2,169 | 67 | 38.9 |
| 2025 | #2,237 | 63 | 36.9 |
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Floyd on lists
Famous Floyds
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. (born Floyd Joy Sinclair)
American boxer
- Floyd Bjørnstjerne Olson
American politician; 22nd governor of Minnesota
- Floyd Abrams
American Constitutional law attorney
- Floyd Cramer
American pianist
- Floyd Patterson
American boxer
- Floyd Landis
American cyclist
- Floyd Lamonte Reifer
Barbadian cricketer
- Floyd Tillman
American country music singer
- Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
American Sioux musician and actor
- (Charles) Floyd Mutrux
American stage & film director, writer, producer, and screenwriter
- George Floyd
African American man murdered by police, spurring global protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement
Floyd in pop culture
- Floyd DeBarber
character on TV's "30 Rock"
- Floyd Lawton aka Deadshot
from TV's "Arrow" and "The Flash", and from the movie "Suicide Squad"
- Floyd Lawson
barber on "The Andy Griffith Show"
- Deputy Floyd
character from TV series "American Gothic"
- Floyd Pepper
bass player for the Electric Mayhem band on The Muppet Show
- Floyd Malloy
character in 1985 animated show "M.A.S.K."
- Pink Floyd
British rock band
- Floyd
guitar belonging to singer Billie Joe Amstrong of Green Day
- "Floyd the Barber"
song by american grunge band Nirvana
- Floyd
Sam and Molly's cat in movie "Ghost"
- Floyd
mouse that is friends with Garfield the cat, in the Cartoon show "Garfield and Friends"
- Floyd
boyfriend of antagonist in movie "Beethoven's 2nd"
- Floyd Umbra
"Float" Saoirse's mentor in UMBRA