Ward
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · #2,833 for boys in 2025, 44 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 48 births
- Debut · boys
- 30 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,026since 1880
Ward over time
Rank among boys' names. Ward has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | #2,833 | 44 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #3,272 | 36 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #2,895 | 43 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #2,517 | 54 |
| 2021 | — | #2,819 | 44 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,658 | 47 | |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #3,426 | 33 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #2,943 | 40 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #2,755 | 44 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #2,587 | 48 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #3,882 | 27 |
| 2014 | — | #3,532 | 30 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,497 | 30 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,003 | 25 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,200 | 17 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,236 | 11 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,714 | 20 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,622 | 12 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,941 | 23 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,616 | 17 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,131 | 14 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,573 | 16 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,834 | 19 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,296 | 23 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,693 | 17 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,943 | 23 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,834 | 24 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,170 | 33 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,359 | 28 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,197 | 28 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,938 | 32 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,760 | 35 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,764 | 34 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,885 | 29 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,490 | 41 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,464 | 43 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,766 | 32 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,410 | 45 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,633 | 35 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,410 | 43 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,177 | 56 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,019 | 66 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,208 | 49 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,052 | 61 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,023 | 62 | |
| 1972 | — | #826 | 94 | |
| 1971 | — | #838 | 94 | |
| 1970 | — | #724 | 129 | |
| 1969 | — | #689 | 131 | |
| 1968 | — | #638 | 141 | |
| 1967 | — | #550 | 183 | |
| 1966 | — | #539 | 200 | |
| 1965 | — | #582 | 172 | |
| 1964 | — | #503 | 244 | |
| 1963 | — | #469 | 282 | |
| 1962 | — | #488 | 263 | |
| 1961 | — | #430 | 341 | |
| 1960 | — | #472 | 283 | |
| 1959 | — | #490 | 253 | |
| 1958 | — | #495 | 246 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #590 | 169 |
| 1956 | — | #543 | 193 | |
| 1955 | — | #520 | 197 | |
| 1954 | — | #520 | 196 | |
| 1953 | — | #488 | 207 | |
| 1952 | — | #520 | 180 | |
| 1951 | — | #479 | 200 | |
| 1950 | — | #518 | 167 | |
| 1949 | — | #490 | 183 | |
| 1948 | — | #467 | 204 | |
| 1947 | — | #452 | 218 | |
| 1946 | — | #430 | 219 | |
| 1945 | — | #482 | 155 | |
| 1944 | — | #470 | 167 | |
| 1943 | — | #466 | 177 | |
| 1942 | — | #489 | 158 | |
| 1941 | — | #494 | 139 | |
| 1940 | — | #483 | 142 | |
| 1939 | — | #465 | 154 | |
| 1938 | — | #433 | 175 | |
| 1937 | — | #457 | 149 | |
| 1936 | — | #476 | 140 | |
| 1935 | — | #452 | 157 | |
| 1934 | — | #402 | 187 | |
| 1933 | — | #431 | 164 | |
| 1932 | — | #429 | 169 | |
| 1931 | — | #422 | 179 | |
| 1930 | — | #380 | 223 | |
| 1929 | — | #425 | 192 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #442 | 183 |
| 1927 | — | #393 | 230 | |
| 1926 | — | #403 | 220 | |
| 1925 | — | #371 | 256 | |
| 1924 | — | #357 | 276 | |
| 1923 | — | #360 | 271 | |
| 1922 | — | #320 | 323 | |
| 1921 | — | #366 | 273 | |
| 1920 | — | #347 | 286 | |
| 1919 | — | #371 | 243 | |
| 1918 | — | #364 | 258 | |
| 1917 | — | #359 | 242 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #380 | 211 |
| 1915 | — | #347 | 237 | |
| 1914 | — | #329 | 193 | |
| 1913 | — | #333 | 150 | |
| 1912 | — | #359 | 114 | |
| 1911 | — | #305 | 77 | |
| 1910 | — | #362 | 50 | |
| 1909 | — | #378 | 40 | |
| 1908 | — | #349 | 42 | |
| 1907 | — | #396 | 32 | |
| 1906 | — | #355 | 34 | |
| 1905 | — | #370 | 31 | |
| 1904 | — | #320 | 39 | |
| 1903 | — | #297 | 40 | |
| 1902 | — | #277 | 46 | |
| 1901 | — | #371 | 25 | |
| 1900 | — | #325 | 43 | |
| 1899 | — | #240 | 48 | |
| 1898 | — | #364 | 28 | |
| 1897 | — | #353 | 28 | |
| 1896 | — | #288 | 41 | |
| 1895 | — | #260 | 48 | |
| 1894 | — | #319 | 31 | |
| 1893 | — | #317 | 30 | |
| 1892 | — | #251 | 50 | |
| 1891 | — | #265 | 37 | |
| 1890 | — | #282 | 37 | |
| 1889 | — | #305 | 32 | |
| 1888 | — | #343 | 29 | |
| 1887 | — | #340 | 23 | |
| 1886 | — | #336 | 25 | |
| 1885 | — | #364 | 23 | |
| 1884 | — | #278 | 38 | |
| 1883 | — | #318 | 27 | |
| 1882 | — | #313 | 30 | |
| 1881 | — | #260 | 37 | |
| 1880 | — | #305 | 30 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ward was already there! It came in at #305, and was given to 30 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2004, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.
See more about Ward
- 439 spots since 2024 (#3,272 → #2,833)
- 175 spots since 2020 (#2,658 → #2,833)
- 1,049 spots since 2015 (#3,882 → #2,833)
- Biggest jump: 124 spots in 1899 (#364 → #240)
- Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1973 (#826 → #1,023)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #240 (48 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 92 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1972
- Highest: 1 in 2,213 boys born in 1899 were named Ward (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 38,820 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.7% of all boys named Ward (2,510) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 294 | #260 (1881) | #316 |
| 1890s | 378 | #240 (1899) | #294 |
| 1900s | 372 | #277 (1902) | #344 |
| 1910s | 1,775 | #305 (1911) | #351 |
| 1920s | 2,510 | #320 (1922) | #378 |
| 1930s | 1,697 | #380 (1930) | #435 |
| 1940s | 1,762 | #430 (1946) | #472 |
| 1950s | 2,008 | #479 (1951) | #516 |
| 1960s | 2,240 | #430 (1961) | #536 |
| 1970s | 689 | #724 (1970) | #1,091 |
| 1980s | 347 | #1,410 (1980) | #1,803 |
| 1990s | 215 | #2,170 (1990) | #3,272 |
| 2000s | 159 | #3,941 (2005) | #5,296 |
| 2010s | 312 | #2,587 (2016) | #3,687 |
| 2020s | 268 | #2,517 (2022) | #2,832 |
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.
Ward in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 208,867 of them was named Ward, which outranked 14.4% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 744 names at #4,417; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 4,218 of them was named Ward, which outranked 91.6% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.