Floyd

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A few things about Floyd you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Floyd

Floyd Ayité

Togolese-French footballer (born 1988)

Choose Floyd and your child shares a first name with Floyd Ayité, a Togolese-French footballer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Floyd, like who?” Floyd Ayité's Wikipedia article is available in 27 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Nick from Bristol, UK, CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 27,100 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Floyd, 63 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Floyd would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryFloyd has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Floyds, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1905, when it ranked #44. Today it's #2,230, so it could be due a comeback.
• 🍂TrendFloyd has slipped 206 places over the last five years and now sits at #2,230. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 💬MeaningFloyd is a Welsh form of Lloyd, which means “gray”. Our records link it to English and Welsh roots.

About the name Floyd

Floyd is a boy name of English and Welsh origin meaning “gray”. It has 5 letters and 1 syllable, starting with F and ending in “-oyd”. US birth records list Floyd for boys from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1905, when it ranked #44 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #2,230, with 63 babies.

Origin:English namesWelsh names