Ward
Ward is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 36 births. Its best rank was 243rd, in 1899.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 360.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1961341 births
- Best rank
- #243in 1899
- Since 1880
- 14,983people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,983 boys have been named Ward in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 341 births.
The name has all but left use: 36 births in 2024, against 341 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1943, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 93 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ward | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 294 | |
| 1890s | 378 | |
| 1900s | 372 | |
| 1910s | 1,775 | |
| 1920s | 2,510 | |
| 1930s | 1,697 | |
| 1940s | 1,762 | |
| 1950s | 2,009 | |
| 1960s | 2,240 | |
| 1970s | 689 | |
| 1980s | 347 | |
| 1990s | 215 | |
| 2000s | 159 | |
| 2010s | 312 | |
| 2020s | 224 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Ward was the 431st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1961 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Ward
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ernestpeak 1921
- Louispeak 1921
- Howellpeak 1920
- Walterpeak 1918
- Edmondpeak 1920
- Sylvesterpeak 1920
- Llewellynpeak 1916
- Vernpeak 1920
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.