Byron
Byron is ranked 882nd among boys in 2024 (272 births). Its best rank was 194th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- #882down 47 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2720.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 19641,284 births
- Best rank
- #194in 1882
- Since 1880
- 82,006people given the name
The story in the numbers
82,006 boys have been named Byron in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1964, with 1,284 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 653 → 882).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1960s alone account for 15%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Byron | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 498 | |
| 1890s | 547 | |
| 1900s | 616 | |
| 1910s | 3,518 | |
| 1920s | 5,505 | |
| 1930s | 4,823 | |
| 1940s | 6,531 | |
| 1950s | 10,531 | |
| 1960s | 12,122 | |
| 1970s | 9,445 | |
| 1980s | 9,655 | |
| 1990s | 7,032 | |
| 2000s | 5,337 | |
| 2010s | 4,386 | |
| 2020s | 1,460 |
In 1964, its biggest year
Byron was the 213th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1964 were Michael, John, David, James and Robert. See all of 1964.
Names that rose and fell with Byron
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sheltonpeak 1972
- Peterpeak 1957
- Nealpeak 1959
- Vancepeak 1969
- Victorpeak 1990
- Stewartpeak 1956
- Martinpeak 1963
- Karlpeak 1960
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.