Byron is a boy's name of English origin meaning “at the byre or cattleshed.” In 2024 it was given to 272 boys in the United States.
Byron belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “at the byre or cattleshed” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Byron first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #194 in 1882, and in 2024 272 babies received the name — 82,006 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Byron means “at the byre or cattleshed” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Byron is a boy name. In 2024, 272 babies received the name in the US.
Byron comes from the English & American tradition.
Byron first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #194 in 1882, and 272 babies were given the name in 2024.
Byron is pronounced /ˈbaɪɹən/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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