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Cloyd

Recorded 1880–1993 · United States

Cloyd was most popular in 1918, when 91 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,372 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,050 people named Cloyd.

Most popular in1918
Rank that year#1,372
Births that year91
Total since 18803,050
Given to100% boys
Alive today~698
Median age72

Cloyd over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Cloyd’s peak in 1918. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Cloyd?

The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Cloyd is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 106 of the 146 years since. It was last recorded in 1993.

How many people are named Cloyd?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,050 American births named Cloyd between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 698 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Cloyd in 2025?

Cloyd was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.

Is Cloyd a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Cloyd is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 3,050 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% 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.

How old is someone named Cloyd?

Roughly 698 Americans named Cloyd are alive today — 23% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 72 years old, and half are between 62 and 81.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Cloyd is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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