Deward

Last seen for boys in 1981 at #6,262

Peak · boys
1924 · 64 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,393
since 1903

Deward over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Deward has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #859, 1924boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1981#6,2625
1980
1979#4,4038
1978#5,7725
1977
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1975#4,7976
1974
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1972#3,9637
1971#3,3709
1970
1969
1968#3,6736
1967
1966#2,7849
1965#2,7809
1964#3,6016
1963#2,53911
1962#2,67310
1961#3,6526
1960
1959#3,9885
1958#2,26513
1957#2,09315
1956#2,36112
1955#2,55810
1954#2,20713
1953#2,28712
1952#3,0957
1951#2,05514
1950#2,5809
1949#1,58322
1948#1,65620
1947#1,55523
1946#1,64219
1945#1,63317
1944#1,40023
1943#1,52921
1942#1,58520
1941#1,30026
1940#1,43322
1939#1,39023
1938#1,33725
1937#1,26528
1936#1,80115
1935#1,14833
1934#1,32326
1933#1,25128
1932#1,38725
1931#1,21732
1930#1,33029
1929#1,48024
1928#1,27232
1927#1,32231
1926#1,05044
1925#1,24633
1924#85964
1923#97650
1922#1,03946
1921#1,05844
1920#1,00447
1919#95949
1918#1,07940
1917#1,26429
1916#1,07236
1915#98041
1914#1,30021
1913#1,44114
1912#1,22315
1911#1,11710
1910#1,04510
1909
1908#1,2176
1907#1,2006
1906#1,1116
1905#1,2335
1904
1903#1,0096
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First appearance
1903

The first year at least five boys were named Deward! It came in at #1,009, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1904–1905, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Deward is popular in 1919

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedMOKentucky: #351 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,256 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedKSArkansas: #405 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,441 boysARTennessee: #400 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,378 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedHITexas: #423 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,474 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Deward, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kentucky#351 · 1 in 3,256
  2. Tennessee#400 · 1 in 4,378
  3. Arkansas#405 · 1 in 3,441
  4. Texas#423 · 1 in 3,474

Best ever in a state: #269 in West Virginia, 1924.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#35171 in 3,256
Tennessee#40051 in 4,378
Arkansas#40551 in 3,441
Texas#423131 in 3,474
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Deward
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
  • Biggest jump: 320 spots in 1915 (#1,300#980)
  • Biggest drop: 387 spots in 1925 (#859#1,246)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1903
  • Peaked 1924 at #859 (64 births)
  • Births halved by 1927, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1923–1924
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,699
  • Highest: 1 in 17,699 boys born in 1924 were named Deward (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 358,235 boys born in 1981 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 29.8% of all boys named Deward (415) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s29#1,009 (1903)#1,154
1910s265#959 (1919)#1,148
1920s415#859 (1924)#1,131
1930s264#1,148 (1935)#1,345
1940s213#1,300 (1941)#1,532
1950s110#2,055 (1951)#2,549
1960s57#2,539 (1963)#3,100
1970s35#3,370 (1971)#4,461
1980s5#6,262 (1981)#6,262

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Deward in 1919

boys
#959
49 births · 1 in 20,002 boys

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #959Deward49
More about 1919

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 20,002 of them was named Deward, which outranked 80.1% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deward
  1. #949Reese50
  2. #949Reno50
  3. #949Toney50
  4. #959Deward49
  5. #959Aurelio49
  6. #959Courtney49
  7. #959Douglass49
  8. #973Arne48
  9. #973Artie48
  10. #973Auther48

Tied with 13 names at #959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 446Quinten#1,313#867
  2. 432Dempsey#1,012#580
  3. 341Winton#1,231#890
  4. 334Donnie#1,211#877
  5. 332Edsel#1,062#730
Fallers
  1. 2,008Foch#869#2,877
  2. 582Carmel#949#1,531
  3. 403Eligah#918#1,321
  4. 398Nels#809#1,207
  5. 355Myer#966#1,321

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1919