Boy
Byron
Byron means "Old English place name" and comes from Old English, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It peaked back in the 1960s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. The name's best year yet was 1964.
Old EnglishOld English place name
Etymology"At the cattle sheds"
Births by decade
1900s
616
1910s
3,525
1920s
5,519
1930s
4,840
1940s
6,540
1950s
10,537
1960s
12,186
1970s
9,546
1980s
9,730
1990s
7,041
2000s
5,337
2010s
3,708
Peaked in the 1960s · 79,125 total U.S. births since 1900