Heyward
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Peak · boys
- 1903 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,018since 1896
Heyward over time
Rank among boys' names. Heyward has never cracked the top 800 here.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #1,810 | 21 |
| 1968 | #2,030 | 16 |
| 1967 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #1,720 | 21 |
| 1964 | #1,729 | 21 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1962 | #2,117 | 15 |
| 1961 | #1,602 | 25 |
| 1960 | #1,552 | 27 |
| 1959 | #1,439 | 30 |
| 1958 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1957 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 28 |
| 1955 | #1,313 | 33 |
| 1954 | #1,333 | 32 |
| 1953 | #1,408 | 29 |
| 1952 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1951 | #1,344 | 30 |
| 1950 | #1,232 | 34 |
| 1949 | #1,110 | 40 |
| 1948 | #1,194 | 36 |
| 1947 | #1,159 | 39 |
| 1946 | #1,278 | 30 |
| 1945 | #1,163 | 32 |
| 1944 | #1,255 | 28 |
| 1943 | #1,258 | 30 |
| 1942 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,333 | 25 |
| 1940 | #1,183 | 32 |
| 1939 | #1,103 | 34 |
| 1938 | #1,076 | 36 |
| 1937 | #982 | 41 |
| 1936 | #1,271 | 27 |
| 1935 | #1,273 | 28 |
| 1934 | #1,150 | 33 |
| 1933 | #1,361 | 24 |
| 1932 | #1,090 | 38 |
| 1931 | #1,217 | 32 |
| 1930 | #1,151 | 37 |
| 1929 | #1,296 | 30 |
| 1928 | #1,057 | 43 |
| 1927 | #1,198 | 36 |
| 1926 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 34 |
| 1924 | #1,287 | 32 |
| 1923 | #1,213 | 35 |
| 1922 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1921 | #1,199 | 36 |
| 1920 | #1,382 | 28 |
| 1919 | #1,264 | 31 |
| 1918 | #1,499 | 24 |
| 1917 | #1,092 | 37 |
| 1916 | #1,335 | 26 |
| 1915 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,441 | 14 |
| 1912 | #1,137 | 17 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Heyward! It came in at #1,101, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1899, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Heyward
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 289 spots in 1937 (#1,271 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 218 spots in 1904 (#846 → #1,064)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1903 at #846 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1905, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1902–1903
- Highest: 1 in 14,904 boys born in 1903 were named Heyward (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 17.0% of all boys named Heyward (343) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #942 (1897) | #1,022 |
| 1900s | 45 | #846 (1903) | #1,048 |
| 1910s | 196 | #1,092 (1917) | #1,379 |
| 1920s | 343 | #1,057 (1928) | #1,232 |
| 1930s | 330 | #982 (1937) | #1,167 |
| 1940s | 316 | #1,110 (1949) | #1,235 |
| 1950s | 301 | #1,232 (1950) | #1,401 |
| 1960s | 195 | #1,552 (1960) | #1,850 |
| 1970s | 109 | #2,558 (1971) | #3,312 |
| 1980s | 86 | #2,787 (1983) | #4,935 |
| 1990s | 35 | #5,771 (1993) | #7,194 |
| 2000s | 5 | #10,894 (2003) | #10,894 |
| 2010s | 32 | #8,744 (2015) | #10,506 |
| 2020s | 14 | #8,067 (2020) | #10,153 |
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.
Heyward in 1896
Top boys' names in 1896
More about 1896
boys
119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 23,913 of them was named Heyward, which outranked 13.0% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 165 names at #1,101; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.