Meaning not yet researched.
Byron: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 233 in 2025. Its best rank was #194 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #194 in 1882; #981 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Byron in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#981 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #194.
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Byron: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 233 boys in 2025. Peak: #194 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 1,284 (1964).
In 2025, 233 US boys were named Byron, making it the 981st most common boys’ name of the year, down 103 places from #878 in 2024. That is 42 fewer than the 275 boys named Byron in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #194, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,284, in 1964. For comparison, it was #599 in 2015 and #222 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Byron in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 52 babies with the name. In all, 82,541 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 12,184 babies named Byron.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,151 US boys were named Byron; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 399. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,331 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Byron ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #421 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Byran, Beren and Biran are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Byran (1,400), Beren (401), Biran (164), Byren (62), Bearon (27), Biren (6), Biron (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Byron in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 31 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 7 | #421 | #540 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | #476 | — |
| Kansas | 6 | #535 | #467 |
| Missouri | 8 | #656 | #752 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #726 | — |
| Michigan | 9 | #779 | #893 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #792 | #439 |
| New York | 17 | #803 | #577 |
| Maryland | 5 | #824 | #536 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #830 | #808 |
| New Jersey | 7 | #842 | #400 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #860 | #535 |
| Indiana | 5 | #965 | #813 |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,007 | #550 |
| Texas | 23 | #1,017 | #533 |
| Florida | 13 | #1,018 | #550 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,021 | #710 |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,046 | #669 |
| California | 18 | #1,125 | #532 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,318 | #647 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 233 | #981 |
| 2024 | — | — | 275 | #878 |
| 2023 | — | — | 291 | #836 |
| 2022 | — | — | 264 | #891 |
| 2021 | — | — | 339 | #751 |
| 2020 | — | — | 294 | #790 |
| 2019 | — | — | 347 | #711 |
| 2018 | — | — | 324 | #737 |
| 2017 | — | — | 399 | #649 |
| 2016 | — | — | 385 | #670 |
| 2015 | — | — | 457 | #599 |
| 2014 | — | — | 402 | #653 |
| 2013 | — | — | 515 | #516 |
| 2012 | — | — | 481 | #543 |
| 2011 | — | — | 512 | #505 |
| 2010 | — | — | 565 | #465 |
| 2009 | — | — | 738 | #401 |
| 2008 | — | — | 617 | #450 |
| 2007 | — | — | 496 | #523 |
| 2006 | — | — | 493 | #522 |
| 2005 | — | — | 503 | #492 |
| 2004 | — | — | 480 | #510 |
| 2003 | — | — | 502 | #492 |
| 2002 | — | — | 473 | #486 |
| 2001 | — | — | 491 | #481 |
| 2000 | — | — | 544 | #439 |
| 1999 | — | — | 562 | #420 |
| 1998 | — | — | 549 | #422 |
| 1997 | — | — | 607 | #391 |
| 1996 | — | — | 566 | #410 |
| 1995 | — | — | 598 | #391 |
| 1994 | — | — | 645 | #368 |
| 1993 | — | — | 739 | #339 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,588 | 842 | #314 |
| 1991 | — | — | 908 | #287 |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,257 | 1,016 | #265 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,813 | 1,074 | #244 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,376 | 1,056 | #231 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,005 | 930 | #249 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,646 | 893 | #252 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,451 | 894 | #252 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,267 | 892 | #246 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,497 | 1,030 | #221 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,368 | 864 | #255 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,485 | 996 | #235 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,581 | 1,025 | #231 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,460 | 851 | #249 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,000 | 793 | #255 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,640 | 851 | #241 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,100 | 906 | #224 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,101 | 913 | #224 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,397 | 954 | #221 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,628 | 915 | #230 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,376 | 944 | #227 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,166 | 1,085 | #217 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,091 | 1,230 | #206 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,746 | 1,203 | #208 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,808 | 1,126 | #206 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,907 | 1,180 | #196 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,530 | 1,178 | #201 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,339 | 1,225 | #204 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,874 | 1,284 | #213 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,923 | 1,244 | #219 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,348 | 1,264 | #218 |
| 1961 | — | — | 1,225 | #224 |
| 1960 | — | — | 1,191 | #234 |
| 1959 | — | — | 1,222 | #222 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,958 | 1,209 | #218 |
| 1957 | — | — | 1,259 | #214 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,048 | 1,248 | #209 |
| 1955 | — | — | 1,055 | #222 |
| 1954 | — | — | 1,045 | #214 |
| 1953 | — | — | 926 | #220 |
| 1952 | — | — | 901 | #220 |
| 1951 | — | — | 837 | #227 |
| 1950 | — | — | 830 | #222 |
| 1949 | — | — | 744 | #238 |
| 1948 | — | — | 796 | #228 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,393 | 799 | #227 |
| 1946 | — | — | 786 | #216 |
| 1945 | — | — | 563 | #237 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,640 | 526 | #254 |
| 1943 | — | — | 588 | #241 |
| 1942 | — | — | 643 | #224 |
| 1941 | — | — | 539 | #235 |
| 1940 | — | — | 547 | #227 |
| 1939 | — | — | 555 | #218 |
| 1938 | — | — | 515 | #232 |
| 1937 | — | — | 521 | #227 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,272 | 461 | #244 |
| 1935 | — | — | 457 | #254 |
| 1934 | — | — | 425 | #263 |
| 1933 | — | — | 442 | #247 |
| 1932 | — | — | 471 | #245 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,920 | 502 | #233 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,701 | 474 | #256 |
| 1929 | — | — | 520 | #237 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,806 | 546 | #237 |
| 1927 | — | — | 532 | #245 |
| 1926 | — | — | 533 | #243 |
| 1925 | — | — | 516 | #251 |
| 1924 | — | — | 594 | #226 |
| 1923 | — | — | 536 | #243 |
| 1922 | — | — | 599 | #223 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,078 | 558 | #236 |
| 1920 | — | — | 571 | #224 |
| 1919 | — | — | 487 | #239 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,931 | 505 | #237 |
| 1917 | — | — | 487 | #226 |
| 1916 | — | — | 471 | #226 |
| 1915 | — | — | 458 | #223 |
| 1914 | — | — | 395 | #207 |
| 1913 | — | — | 303 | #213 |
| 1912 | — | — | 227 | #229 |
| 1911 | — | — | 96 | #265 |
| 1910 | — | — | 89 | #256 |
| 1909 | — | — | 69 | #265 |
| 1908 | — | — | 70 | #253 |
| 1907 | — | — | 71 | #248 |
| 1906 | — | — | 65 | #242 |
| 1905 | — | — | 59 | #254 |
| 1904 | — | — | 61 | #240 |
| 1903 | — | — | 59 | #234 |
| 1902 | — | — | 50 | #262 |
| 1901 | — | — | 51 | #242 |
| 1900 | — | — | 61 | #262 |
| 1899 | — | — | 47 | #244 |
| 1898 | — | — | 55 | #234 |
| 1897 | — | — | 50 | #245 |
| 1896 | — | — | 59 | #235 |
| 1895 | — | — | 56 | #235 |
| 1894 | — | — | 59 | #222 |
| 1893 | — | — | 47 | #256 |
| 1892 | — | — | 69 | #210 |
| 1891 | — | — | 53 | #219 |
| 1890 | — | — | 52 | #230 |
| 1889 | — | — | 37 | #275 |
| 1888 | — | — | 52 | #241 |
| 1887 | — | — | 47 | #232 |
| 1886 | — | — | 51 | #234 |
| 1885 | — | — | 46 | #244 |
| 1884 | — | — | 57 | #218 |
| 1883 | — | — | 50 | #217 |
| 1882 | — | — | 66 | #194 |
| 1881 | — | — | 40 | #246 |
| 1880 | — | — | 52 | #225 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).