Byron

What Byron means

Means “at the byre or cattleshed”

A habitational surname from Old English byrum (“at the byre or cattleshed”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Byron” (revision 92412330), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Byron?

US: Falling: down from #599 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #538 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1967, when 1,180 boys got the name (#196 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 7,331 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 20,918 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (0.65 per 1,000 boys), KS (0.43 per 1,000 boys), MA (0.37 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Byron is #980 in the US and #1897 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Byron were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Barron320 US · 6 E&W
• Baron135 US · 4 E&W
• Bayron44 US
• Beren37 US · 7 E&W
• Breon32 US
• Baran12 US · 19 E&W
• Brion9 US
• Bairon8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Byron

Boys

• Travis#434“to cross over”^*
• Keith#800“wood”^*
• Troy#532Editor’s note Down from #300 in 2015 to #532 in 2025 in the US
• Curtis#984“polite, courteous”^*
• Bradley#403“broad + woodland”^*
• Nelson#824“son of Nicholas”^*

For a sister

• Lacey#738Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 2,399 babies; 370 in 2025
• Kimberly#302Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #108 in 2015, #302 in 2025
• Tiffany#878Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1988, with 18,364 babies; 304 in 2025
• Kelsey#814Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #343 in 2015, #814 in 2025
• Kelly#851Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1977, with 18,234 babies; 319 in 2025
• Allison#103Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Byron’s. Rank is US 2025.