Floyd

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Floyd: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Floyd: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #720 in 2010, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#720highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1578
1998	#1821
1999	#1383
2000	#1552
2001	#1467
2002	#1128
2003	#1188
2004	#1280
2005	#1135
2006	#1280
2007	#987
2008	#1156
2009	#1494
2010	#1144
2011	#1158
2012	#1086
2013	#1539
2014	#1093
2015	#927
2016	#1903
2017	#1146
2018	#1875
2019	#1655
2020	#1825
2021	#2493
2022	#4001
2023	#3523
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2010: #720 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1144 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Floyd by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Floyd in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	33	4 of 10	8
2000s	154	10 of 10	15
2010sbusiest	204	10 of 10	20
2020s	36	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Floyd appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #720 in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Floyd's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1146	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#927	32	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1093	25	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1086	25	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1158	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1144	23	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#987	25	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1135	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1128	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #720, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Barnabas · #720, 29y
Leandro · #720, 29y
Mirza · #720, 29y
Tommylee · #720, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Barnabas · #720, 29y
Deion · #720, 11y
Leandro · #720, 29y
Mirza · #720, 29y

Floyd was ranked #720 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Floyd and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Floyd without appearing here.

Floyd moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1128 and #3225.
Kim Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1821 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1383 and #2943.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Floyd

Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #2018.
Mathias Compare
In 2015 they stood at #927 and #1046 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1903 and #928.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1578 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1821 and #924.
Tadhg Compare
In 2015 they stood at #927 and #996 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1903 and #1050.

Moved the opposite way to Floyd

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Floyd went from #1168 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Floyd went from #1168 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Floyd went from #1168 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Floyd went from #1168 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Floyd

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Floyd went from #1168 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Floyd went from #1168 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Floyd went from #1168 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Floyd went from #1168 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #720 in Republic of Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Floyd by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Floyd at a glance

Floyd by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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