Boyd

“Blond, yellow, fair” — Scottish Gaelic origin

Boy's name · #1959 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Boyd holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1959 in 2025). About 28,000 boys have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. It is also an American family name — about 153,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data.

Around the world: about 1 in 18,000 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Boyds

Boyd Holbrook — American actor and former model
Boyd Alexander — British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist (1873-1910)
Boyd Gaines — American actor
Boyd K. Packer — Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1924-2015)
Boyd Rice — American experimental musician

In stories & tradition

Boyd Rolleston — fictional human
Boyd Hoyland — Neighbours
Boyd — Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance · Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

What Boyds become

Among 161 notable people named Boyd:

Sports figures appear 1.55× more often than among typical names — e.g. Boyd Gordon, Canadian ice hockey player.

Similar names: Mervin · Bodee · Irvin · Lloyd · Orrin · Blair

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