The name Byron is of English origin, and means cow barn.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Byron has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Byron
Use of the Name Byron for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
73,221
46,670
19,144
5,356
2,479
974
474
The table below indicates the number of times the name Byron has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Byron
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
225
52
1881
247
40
1882
194
66
1883
217
50
1884
218
57
1885
244
46
1886
234
52
1887
232
47
1888
241
52
1889
276
37
1890
231
52
1891
219
53
1892
210
69
1893
256
47
1894
222
59
1895
235
56
1896
235
59
1897
245
50
1898
234
55
1899
244
47
1900
262
61
1901
242
51
1902
263
50
1903
234
59
1904
239
61
1905
259
58
1906
242
65
1907
248
71
1908
253
70
1909
265
69
1910
260
88
1911
265
96
1912
229
227
1913
213
303
1914
207
395
1915
223
459
1916
226
470
1917
226
486
1918
235
508
1919
239
488
1920
224
569
1921
236
559
1922
224
600
1923
241
541
1924
226
593
1925
252
512
1926
242
536
1927
246
528
1928
238
543
1929
237
523
1930
257
471
1931
235
499
1932
245
470
1933
248
441
1934
263
424
1935
252
458
1936
245
460
1937
226
521
1938
231
517
1939
218
552
1940
225
550
1941
238
536
1942
224
643
1943
242
581
1944
254
527
1945
237
562
1946
216
781
1947
227
798
1948
230
793
1949
238
742
1950
221
831
1951
227
836
1952
220
905
1953
220
920
1954
214
1,048
1955
221
1,053
1956
210
1,243
1957
212
1,258
1958
218
1,201
1959
223
1,222
1960
233
1,190
1961
224
1,226
1962
218
1,264
1963
219
1,242
1964
213
1,284
1965
204
1,225
1966
201
1,175
1967
196
1,179
1968
206
1,127
1969
208
1,203
1970
206
1,232
1971
217
1,078
1972
227
944
1973
230
912
1974
221
952
1975
223
914
1976
224
907
1977
241
848
1978
253
796
1979
249
851
1980
231
1,026
1981
235
992
1982
255
862
1983
221
1,030
1984
245
892
1985
252
892
1986
252
892
1987
247
933
1988
231
1,050
1989
243
1,076
1990
265
1,014
1991
288
905
1992
314
840
1993
339
739
1994
368
645
1995
392
596
1996
409
566
1997
392
606
1998
422
549
1999
421
560
2000
438
544
2001
479
491
2002
490
470
2003
492
500
2004
509
474
Totals:
73,221
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Byron as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.