Byron
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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.
Byron is also given to girls.
Pronounced BY-ruhn.
As of October 2026, Byron ranked #981 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #194 in 1882, Nameberry popularity #578.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #653 | 401 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #598 | 457 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #670 | 385 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #649 | 399 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #736 | 324 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #711 | 347 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #790 | 294 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #751 | 339 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #891 | 264 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #835 | 291 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #882 | 272 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #981 | 233 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Byron for boys
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Byron on lists
Famous Byrons
- George GordonBoy
Lord Byron, English Romantic poet
- Byron Raymond WhiteBoy
NFL player and U.S. Supreme Court justice
- (John) Byron Nelson Jr.Boy
American pro golfer
- Byron BellBoy
American football player
- Byron MaxwellBoy
American football player
- Byron LeftwichBoy
American football player
- Byron LarkinBoy
American basketball player
- Byron Antom ScottBoy
American basketball player and head coach
- Byron GallimoreBoy
American country music producer
- Byron AllenBoy
American comic and television personality
- Byron CageBoy
American gospel singer
- Byron Leslie DorganBoy
former U.S. Senator from North Dakota
- Byron BlackBoy
Zimbabwean tennis player
- Byron TalbotBoy
South African tennis player
- Byron CherryBoy
American actor, businessman, entrepreneur
- Byron KelleherBoy
New Zealand rugby player
- Byron KriegerBoy
American fencer
- Byron PiedraBoy
Ecuadorian runner
- Byron FoxBoy
son of actor Matthew Fox
- Byron Katie (female)Boy
American speaker and author
- Byron LangleyBoy
South African Model and Actor
- Byron LovelaceBoy
Grandson of Lord Byron
Byron in pop culture
- Byron SullyBoy
character on TV's "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman"
- ByronBoy
steel,type gym leader in the Pokemon video games and anime
- Byron MontgomeryBoy
character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
- Byron PikeBoy
character in "The Baby,Sitters Club" book series; triplet brothers Adam and Jordan Pike
- Byron WatsonBoy
character in "The Watsons Go to Birmingham , 1963"
- Byron KanebBoy
character on TV's "Boston Legal"
- Byron RanntBoy
character in video game "Sims 3: Moonlight Bay"
- Byron "Buster" BluthBoy
character in "Arrested Development"
- ByronBoy
character on TV's "H2O: Just Add Water"
- Byron BayBoy
coastal town in Australia
- Byron WagnerBoy
the king of Stein in the game "Midnight Cinderella"
- Byron HenryBoy
character in the mini series for TV 'The Winds of War ' and 'War and remembrance '