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.

Byron

#361 most common boys' name of all time · #797 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#361
Rank overall
#797 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
82,541
Since 2016
3,151
Peak year
1964 #213
Best rank
#195 1882
Girls Boys peak 1,289/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Byron 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
2025 — 233 233 #980
2024 — 275 275 #877
2023 — 291 291 #835
2022 — 264 264 #891
2021 — 339 339 #751
2020 — 294 294 #790
2019 — 347 347 #711
2018 — 324 324 #737
2017 — 399 399 #649
2016 — 385 385 #670
2015 — 457 457 #600
2014 — 402 402 #653
2013 — 515 515 #516
2012 — 481 481 #543
2011 — 512 512 #505
2010 — 565 565 #465
2009 — 738 738 #401
2008 — 617 617 #450
2007 — 496 496 #523
2006 — 493 493 #522
2005 — 503 503 #493
2004 — 480 480 #510
2003 — 502 502 #492
2002 — 473 473 #486
2001 — 491 491 #481
2000 — 544 544 #439
1999 — 562 562 #419
1998 — 549 549 #422
1997 — 607 607 #391
1996 — 566 566 #410
1995 — 598 598 #391
1994 — 645 645 #368
1993 — 739 739 #339
1992 5 842 847 #314
1991 — 908 908 #287
1990 5 1,016 1,021 #265
1989 7 1,074 1,081 #244
1988 7 1,056 1,063 #231
1987 6 930 936 #249
1986 7 893 900 #252
1985 7 894 901 #253
1984 7 892 899 #246
1983 16 1,030 1,046 #221
1982 6 864 870 #255
1981 8 996 1,004 #235
1980 5 1,025 1,030 #231
1979 12 851 863 #249
1978 10 793 803 #256
1977 7 851 858 #241
1976 9 906 915 #224
1975 6 913 919 #224
1974 10 954 964 #221
1973 9 915 924 #230
1972 6 944 950 #228
1971 10 1,085 1,095 #217
1970 10 1,230 1,240 #206
1969 10 1,203 1,213 #208
1968 13 1,126 1,139 #206
1967 5 1,180 1,185 #196
1966 9 1,178 1,187 #201
1965 7 1,225 1,232 #204
1964 5 1,284 1,289 #213
1963 8 1,244 1,252 #219
1962 7 1,264 1,271 #218
1961 — 1,225 1,225 #224
1960 — 1,191 1,191 #234
1959 — 1,222 1,222 #222
1958 10 1,209 1,219 #218
1957 — 1,259 1,259 #214
1956 5 1,248 1,253 #209
1955 — 1,055 1,055 #222
1954 — 1,045 1,045 #214
1953 — 926 926 #220
1952 — 901 901 #220
1951 — 837 837 #227
1950 — 830 830 #222
1949 — 744 744 #238
1948 — 796 796 #228
1947 5 799 804 #227
1946 — 786 786 #216
1945 — 563 563 #237
1944 5 526 531 #254
1943 — 588 588 #241
1942 — 643 643 #224
1941 — 539 539 #235
1940 — 547 547 #227
1939 — 555 555 #218
1938 — 515 515 #233
1937 — 521 521 #227
1936 5 461 466 #244
1935 — 457 457 #254
1934 — 425 425 #263
1933 — 442 442 #248
1932 — 471 471 #245
1931 6 502 508 #234
1930 7 474 481 #256
1929 — 520 520 #237
1928 7 546 553 #237
1927 — 532 532 #245
1926 — 533 533 #243
1925 — 516 516 #251
1924 — 594 594 #226
1923 — 536 536 #243
1922 — 599 599 #224
1921 7 558 565 #236
1920 — 571 571 #224
1919 — 487 487 #239
1918 7 505 512 #237
1917 — 487 487 #226
1916 — 471 471 #226
1915 — 458 458 #223
1914 — 395 395 #207
1913 — 303 303 #213
1912 — 227 227 #229
1911 — 96 96 #265
1910 — 89 89 #257
1909 — 69 69 #267
1908 — 70 70 #253
1907 — 71 71 #248
1906 — 65 65 #243
1905 — 59 59 #255
1904 — 61 61 #241
1903 — 59 59 #235
1902 — 50 50 #261
1901 — 51 51 #243
1900 — 61 61 #264
1899 — 47 47 #245
1898 — 55 55 #236
1897 — 50 50 #246
1896 — 59 59 #235
1895 — 56 56 #235
1894 — 59 59 #222
1893 — 47 47 #257
1892 — 69 69 #212
1891 — 53 53 #219
1890 — 52 52 #230
1889 — 37 37 #275
1888 — 52 52 #241
1887 — 47 47 #233
1886 — 51 51 #234
1885 — 46 46 #244
1884 — 57 57 #218
1883 — 50 50 #216
1882 — 66 66 #195
1881 — 40 40 #247
1880 — 52 52 #225