Deward
Deward is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 860th, in 1924.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192464 births
- Best rank
- #860in 1924
- Since 1903
- 1,393people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,393 boys have been named Deward in the United States since 1903, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 64 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 64 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 30%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1924, its biggest year
Deward was the 860th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Deward
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Burdettepeak 1922
- Gilmerpeak 1918
- Alfonsepeak 1917
- Verlpeak 1918
- Hilbertpeak 1922
- Haskelpeak 1924
- Harroldpeak 1923
- Melfordpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.