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Byron

“At the cattle shed or byre” — Old English origin

Boy's name · #980 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Byron has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #193 (1882) · 82,238 babies named Byron all-time · 1 in 7,100 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 7,900 boys in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 11,000 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Byrons

• Byron Howard — American film director and animator
• Byron Mann — Chinese-American actor
• Byron Dorgan — American author, businessman, and politician (born 1942)
• Byron Moreno — Ecuadorian football referee
• Byron Scott — American basketball player and coach

In stories & tradition

• Byron Gordon — Babylon 5
• Byron — Pokémon
• Byron (young) — Lord Byron

What Byrons become

Among 639 notable people named Byron:

Athletes appear 1.93× more often than among typical names — e.g. Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach.

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