Hayward
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1903 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,064since 1884
Hayward over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Hayward has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #2,989 | 20 |
| 1988 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #2,504 | 20 |
| 1984 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #1,822 | 30 |
| 1982 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | #2,204 | 23 |
| 1980 | #1,852 | 30 |
| 1979 | #1,903 | 28 |
| 1978 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #2,063 | 23 |
| 1976 | #1,828 | 27 |
| 1975 | #1,787 | 27 |
| 1974 | #1,471 | 35 |
| 1973 | #1,400 | 36 |
| 1972 | #1,680 | 27 |
| 1971 | #1,526 | 32 |
| 1970 | #1,207 | 47 |
| 1969 | #1,414 | 32 |
| 1968 | #1,100 | 46 |
| 1967 | #1,087 | 46 |
| 1966 | #1,428 | 29 |
| 1965 | #1,163 | 42 |
| 1964 | #1,288 | 37 |
| 1963 | #1,100 | 48 |
| 1962 | #1,082 | 50 |
| 1961 | #1,052 | 55 |
| 1960 | #897 | 71 |
| 1959 | #919 | 69 |
| 1958 | #936 | 66 |
| 1957 | #971 | 61 |
| 1956 | #753 | 95 |
| 1955 | #867 | 72 |
| 1954 | #842 | 74 |
| 1953 | #813 | 78 |
| 1952 | #821 | 73 |
| 1951 | #791 | 79 |
| 1950 | #778 | 77 |
| 1949 | #719 | 91 |
| 1948 | #688 | 94 |
| 1947 | #758 | 82 |
| 1946 | #695 | 87 |
| 1945 | #718 | 72 |
| 1944 | #687 | 82 |
| 1943 | #681 | 88 |
| 1942 | #748 | 73 |
| 1941 | #702 | 77 |
| 1940 | #758 | 66 |
| 1939 | #685 | 75 |
| 1938 | #640 | 87 |
| 1937 | #650 | 83 |
| 1936 | #644 | 81 |
| 1935 | #731 | 70 |
| 1934 | #669 | 82 |
| 1933 | #729 | 70 |
| 1932 | #735 | 72 |
| 1931 | #688 | 76 |
| 1930 | #755 | 71 |
| 1929 | #752 | 71 |
| 1928 | #661 | 90 |
| 1927 | #754 | 75 |
| 1926 | #737 | 75 |
| 1925 | #670 | 90 |
| 1924 | #737 | 81 |
| 1923 | #718 | 82 |
| 1922 | #697 | 88 |
| 1921 | #750 | 78 |
| 1920 | #705 | 84 |
| 1919 | #738 | 75 |
| 1918 | #824 | 63 |
| 1917 | #650 | 84 |
| 1916 | #781 | 62 |
| 1915 | #816 | 56 |
| 1914 | #933 | 35 |
| 1913 | #897 | 30 |
| 1912 | #816 | 29 |
| 1911 | #824 | 16 |
| 1910 | #707 | 18 |
| 1909 | #636 | 18 |
| 1908 | #685 | 15 |
| 1907 | #735 | 13 |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #699 | 12 |
| 1904 | #723 | 11 |
| 1903 | #619 | 13 |
| 1902 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #685 | 10 |
| 1894 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | #768 | 8 |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #701 | 8 |
| 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 1942
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- South Carolina#264 · 1 in 2,378
- Louisiana#279 · 1 in 2,014
- Florida#329 · 1 in 3,721
- Alabama#334 · 1 in 3,632
- Mississippi#355 · 1 in 3,953
Best ever in a state: #137 in West Virginia, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #264 | 10 | 1 in 2,378 |
| Louisiana | #279 | 13 | 1 in 2,014 |
| Florida | #329 | 5 | 1 in 3,721 |
| Alabama | #334 | 9 | 1 in 3,632 |
| Mississippi | #355 | 6 | 1 in 3,953 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 21 | #701 (1884) | #802 |
| 1890s | 68 | #668 (1894) | #833 |
| 1900s | 112 | #619 (1903) | #780 |
| 1910s | 468 | #650 (1917) | #799 |
| 1920s | 814 | #661 (1928) | #718 |
| 1930s | 767 | #640 (1938) | #693 |
| 1940s | 812 | #681 (1943) | #715 |
| 1950s | 744 | #753 (1956) | #849 |
| 1960s | 456 | #897 (1960) | #1,161 |
| 1970s | 302 | #1,207 (1970) | #1,714 |
| 1980s | 222 | #1,822 (1983) | #2,473 |
| 1990s | 146 | #3,105 (1991) | #4,499 |
| 2000s | 64 | #6,070 (2008) | #8,619 |
| 2010s | 46 | #7,026 (2013) | #9,688 |
| 2020s | 22 | #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 1942
boys
#748
73 births · 1 in 18,920 boys
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 18,920 of them was named Hayward, which outranked 81.5% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).