Byrd · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 68 recorded years as a table

Byrd, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1881	89
1882	70
1883	67
1884	70
1885	93
1886	63
1887	69
1889	45
1890	45
1891	69
1892	57
1894	69
1895	85
1896	50
1900	53
1903	42
1904	39
1905	45
1909	49
1910	31
1911	22
1912	12
1913	18
1914	24
1915	22
1916	12
1917	12
1918	22
1919	27
1920	19
1921	15
1922	22
1923	18
1924	12
1925	13
1926	20
1927	14
1928	19
1929	12
1930	16
1931	9
1932	10
1933	7
1934	16
1935	13
1936	12
1937	11
1938	6
1939	8
1940	4
1941	7
1942	8
1943	10
1944	5
1945	6
1946	5
1947	5
1948	4
1949	5
1950	3
1951	6
1952	3
1953	3
1955	4
1959	3
1960	4
1961	2
1963	2

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Byrd isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1963: 5
Rank in 1963: #4,048
How rare: 1 in 406,215 boys
Since 1881: 709

Byrd was last recorded in 1963. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1885, at 93 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Byrd doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.