Hayward

#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births

Peak · boys
1903 · 13 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,064
since 1884

Hayward over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hayward has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #619, 1903boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#10,9386
2023#12,2395
2022
2021
2020#10,6056
2019#10,8036
2018
2017#8,8408
2016
2015#7,06611
2014#12,1085
2013#7,02611
2012
2011#12,2875
2010
2009
2008#6,07014
2007
2006#6,46012
2005#9,1157
2004#11,3565
2003#8,6437
2002#7,6438
2001#10,5565
2000#9,1126
1999#6,04210
1998#5,84010
1997#6,1009
1996#4,18515
1995#5,9289
1994#3,59618
1993#3,66117
1992#3,22020
1991#3,10520
1990#3,30918
1989#2,98920
1988#3,07917
1987#2,64120
1986#2,60120
1985#2,50420
1984#3,10714
1983#1,82230
1982#1,92928
1981#2,20423
1980#1,85230
1979#1,90328
1978#2,27920
1977#2,06323
1976#1,82827
1975#1,78727
1974#1,47135
1973#1,40036
1972#1,68027
1971#1,52632
1970#1,20747
1969#1,41432
1968#1,10046
1967#1,08746
1966#1,42829
1965#1,16342
1964#1,28837
1963#1,10048
1962#1,08250
1961#1,05255
1960#89771
1959#91969
1958#93666
1957#97161
1956#75395
1955#86772
1954#84274
1953#81378
1952#82173
1951#79179
1950#77877
1949#71991
1948#68894
1947#75882
1946#69587
1945#71872
1944#68782
1943#68188
1942#74873
1941#70277
1940#75866
1939#68575
1938#64087
1937#65083
1936#64481
1935#73170
1934#66982
1933#72970
1932#73572
1931#68876
1930#75571
1929#75271
1928#66190
1927#75475
1926#73775
1925#67090
1924#73781
1923#71882
1922#69788
1921#75078
1920#70584
1919#73875
1918#82463
1917#65084
1916#78162
1915#81656
1914#93335
1913#89730
1912#81629
1911#82416
1910#70718
1909#63618
1908#68515
1907#73513
1906#8529
1905#69912
1904#72311
1903#61913
1902#8628
1901#9436
1900#1,0507
1899#8577
1898#1,0026
1897#7878
1896#8268
1895#68510
1894#66810
1893#7688
1892#1,0665
1891#8416
1890
1889#7897
1888#9176
1887
1886
1885
1884#7018
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Hayward! It came in at #701, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Hayward is popular in 1889

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Hayward
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,070 spots since 2024 (#10,938#12,008)
  • 1,403 spots since 2020 (#10,605#12,008)
  • 4,942 spots since 2015 (#7,066#12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 298 spots in 1893 (#1,066#768)
  • Biggest drop: 225 spots in 1892 (#841#1,066)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1903 at #619 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 97 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 70 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1901–1960
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,111
  • Highest: 1 in 9,111 boys born in 1909 were named Hayward (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #619 in 1903, was only 1 in 9,172 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.1% of all boys named Hayward (814) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s21#701 (1884)#802
1890s68#668 (1894)#833
1900s112#619 (1903)#780
1910s468#650 (1917)#799
1920s814#661 (1928)#718
1930s767#640 (1938)#693
1940s812#681 (1943)#715
1950s744#753 (1956)#849
1960s456#897 (1960)#1,161
1970s302#1,207 (1970)#1,714
1980s222#1,822 (1983)#2,473
1990s146#3,105 (1991)#4,499
2000s64#6,070 (2008)#8,619
2010s46#7,026 (2013)#9,688
2020s22#10,605 (2020)#11,448

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.

Hayward in 1889

boys
#789
7 births · 1 in 15,797 boys

Top boys' names in 1889

  1. #1John8,548
  2. #2William7,772
  3. #3James5,020
  4. #4George4,430
  5. #5Charles4,199
  6. #6Frank2,975
  7. #7Joseph2,729
  8. #8Harry2,559
  9. #9Robert2,513
  10. #10Edward2,299
  11. #789Hayward7
More about 1889

boys

110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 15,797 of them was named Hayward, which outranked 29.0% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hayward
  1. #722Whitney8
  2. #722Willian8
  3. #722Zeb8
  4. #789Hayward7
  5. #789Ada7
  6. #789Adelard7
  7. #789Adolfo7
  8. #878Alcide6
  9. #878Alger6
  10. #878Almon6

Tied with 88 names at #789; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. 506Connie#1,031#525
  2. 483Hamilton#917#434
  3. 482Ballard#1,031#549
  4. 453Bertie#917#464
  5. 450Essie#1,031#581
Fallers
  1. 510Wendell#464#974
  2. 469Melton#505#974
  3. 462Enos#416#878
  4. 394Ruby#580#974
  5. 394Webb#580#974

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

See the top 100 for 1889