Meaning and history
From a Scottish surname that was possibly derived from the Gaelic name of the island of Bute, Bód.
20062006: 38 births, rank #2,932
2007: 63 births, rank #2,139
2008: 51 births, rank #2,467
2009: 43 births, rank #2,800
2010: 49 births, rank #2,511
20112011: 44 births, rank #2,699
2012: 73 births, rank #1,942
2013: 75 births, rank #1,878
2014: 99 births, rank #1,588
2015: 81 births, rank #1,826
20162016: 99 births, rank #1,618
2017: 122 births, rank #1,421
2018: 117 births, rank #1,478
2019: 97 births, rank #1,658
2020: 109 births, rank #1,528
20212021: 106 births, rank #1,606
2022: 107 births, rank #1,626
2023: 67 births, rank #2,147
2024: 65 births, rank #2,210
20252025: 78 births, rank #1,959
Boyd rose from #914 to #894 for boys between 1981 and 1982. Its highest annual birth count came in 1922, with 508 births.