as a First Name
Transferred use of the Welsh surname, in origin a variant of Lloyd. This form of the name results from an attempt to represent the sound of the Welsh initial Ll- using traditional English pronunciation and orthography. From the 1890s to the 1930s it was at its most popular in the United States.
| 540th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 91,858
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 138,243
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Arkansas
- has the most people named Floyd per capita
- 1926
- marked the height of its popularity
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99.99%
69%
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55+
26%
30-54
30-54
4%
13-29
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0-12
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