Is Byrd a boy or girl name?

Byrd is a unisex name. Of the 962 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 26.3% were girls and 73.7% were boys.

Byrd

Recorded 1880–1963 · United States

Byrd was most popular in 1919, when 33 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,456 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 962 people named Byrd.

Byrd over time

Births per year. The dot marks Byrd’s peak in 1919. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Byrd a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Byrd is a unisex name — 26.3% of the 962 Americans given it were girls and 73.7% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org