Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Byrd**

#4,929 most common boys' name of all time · #12,168 across all names · 74% male / 26% female · used 1880–1963 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#4,929
Rank overall
#12,168 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
76 of 146
All-time
962
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1919 #1,410
Best rank
#603 1881
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
18801900192019401960

Byrd is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1963 5 5 #4,071
1961 5 5 #4,082
1960 8 8 #3,086
1959 7 7 #3,306
1955 8 8 #2,973
1953 6 6 #3,441
1952 5 5 #3,765
1951 11 11 #2,377
1950 6 6 #3,345
1949 8 8 #2,818
1948 7 7 #3,021
1947 9 9 #2,682
1946 8 8 #2,693
1945 8 8 #2,588
1944 7 7 #2,875
1943 14 14 #1,998
1942 11 11 #2,279
1941 8 8 #2,678
1940 5 5 #3,479
1939 9 9 #2,459
1938 7 7 #2,885
1937 12 12 #2,095
1936 12 12 #2,073
1935 14 14 #1,937
1934 6 17 23 #1,728
1933 7 7 #3,016
1932 10 10 #2,479
1931 9 9 #2,663
1930 18 18 #1,758
1929 6 13 19 #2,211
1928 21 21 #1,654
1927 16 16 #2,044
1926 8 22 30 #1,613
1925 15 15 #2,096
1924 14 14 #2,236
1923 20 20 #1,756
1922 7 24 31 #1,546
1921 17 17 #1,985
1920 20 20 #1,752
1919 7 26 33 #1,410
1918 5 22 27 #1,602
1917 7 11 18 #2,434
1916 11 11 #2,405
1915 13 19 32 #1,604
1914 16 16 #1,545
1913 12 9 21 #1,959
1912 5 5 #2,560
1911 5 5 #1,760
1910 5 6 11 #1,439
1909 8 8 #1,092
1908 5 5
1905 9 6 15 #1,109
1904 5 5 #1,227
1903 8 5 13 #1,146
1902 5 5
1900 5 8 13 #981
1899 7 7
1898 8 8
1897 8 8
1896 5 6 11 #998
1895 10 10 20 #688
1894 15 8 23 #795
1893 16 16
1892 7 7 #875
1891 10 7 17 #773
1890 10 5 15 #1,013
1889 12 5 17 #989
1888 6 6
1887 7 7 #756
1886 8 7 15 #767
1885 10 10 #605
1884 7 8 15 #707
1883 12 7 19 #732
1882 8 8 #699
1881 5 9 14 #603
1880 6 6