The Boykins surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,105 people carried this name — #8,073 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 14% from 3,588 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Boykins surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a nickname: ‘the boy-kin’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 125 · public domain.

In print

Boykins in American newspapers,
1899–1917.

Newspaper page from The Denver Star carrying the name Boykins
The Denver Star 1917-05-26
Newspaper page from Daily Camera carrying the name Boykins
Daily Camera 1899-10-17
Newspaper page from East St. Louis Daily Journal carrying the name Boykins
East St. Louis Daily Journal 1912-06-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36,921 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Boykins,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ronnie Boykins 1935–1980 · composer

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Boykins,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States132 records

132 records of the Boykins name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 58
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George R. Boykins

    Born 1914 in Alabama. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia; cook. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Randy Ronell Boykins

    Born 1948; from Phoenix, Arizona. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Willis Boykins

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1894, died 1949; buried at Wood National Cemetery, Wisconsin.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 132 records for Boykins in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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