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Lloyd

“Grey, grey-haired” — Welsh origin

Boy's name · #1549 in the US (2025) · Heirloom

Lloyd is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1918, when it ranked #51. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 161,000 boys since 1880, ranked #1549 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Around the world: about 1 in 8,800 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 14,000 boys in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Lloyds

• Lloyd J. Austin III — United States 28th Secretary of Defense
• Lloyd Shapley — American economist and mathematician
• Lloyd Sherr — American actor
• Lloyd Bridges — American actor (1913–1998)
• Lloyd Alexander — American children's writer (1924-2007)

In stories & tradition

• Lloyd Garmadon — Lego Ninjago · Ninjago
• Lloyd Irving — Tales
• Lloyd Mullaney — Coronation Street

What Lloyds become

Among 999 notable people named Lloyd:

Sports figures appear 1.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lloyd Kelly, English association football player (born 1998).

Similar names: Floyd · Don · Lonnie · Glen · Boyd · Irving

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