Hayward
Hayward is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 633rd, in 1903.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 195695 births
- Best rank
- #633in 1903
- Since 1884
- 5,059people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,059 boys have been named Hayward in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1956, with 95 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 95 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1943, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 70 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hayward | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 21 | |
| 1890s | 68 | |
| 1900s | 112 | |
| 1910s | 468 | |
| 1920s | 814 | |
| 1930s | 767 | |
| 1940s | 812 | |
| 1950s | 744 | |
| 1960s | 456 | |
| 1970s | 302 | |
| 1980s | 222 | |
| 1990s | 146 | |
| 2000s | 64 | |
| 2010s | 46 | |
| 2020s | 17 |
In 1956, its biggest year
Hayward was the 753rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1956 were Michael, James, Robert, David and John. See all of 1956.
Names that rose and fell with Hayward
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rogerspeak 1950
- Garlandpeak 1922
- Johnniepeak 1928
- Tommiepeak 1947
- Leroypeak 1924
- Benniepeak 1929
- Raymondpeak 1924
- Cliffordpeak 1925
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.