Deward
Deward was last recorded in 1981, when 5 babies were given it; 1,393 Americans have been recorded with it between 1903 and 1981 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Deward by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Deward?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #6,525, in 1981; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
64 babies in 1924, the peak
Deward peaked in 1924, when 64 boys were given it, #860 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 5 | #6,525 | 2.8 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,514 | 4.6 |
| 1978 | 5 | #6,054 | 3.0 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,964 | 3.8 |
| 1972 | 7 | #4,091 | 4.3 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,431 | 5.1 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,801 | 3.5 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,832 | 5.0 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,838 | 4.8 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,713 | 3.0 |
Every recorded year (68)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 11 | #2,567 | 5.4 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,715 | 4.8 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,747 | 2.8 |
| 1959 | 5 | #4,132 | 2.3 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,290 | 6.1 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,112 | 7.0 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,399 | 5.7 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,620 | 4.9 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,231 | 6.4 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,310 | 6.1 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,167 | 3.6 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,075 | 7.4 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,621 | 5.0 |
| 1949 | 22 | #1,589 | 12.4 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,666 | 11.4 |
| 1947 | 23 | #1,566 | 12.6 |
| 1946 | 19 | #1,652 | 11.7 |
| 1945 | 17 | #1,640 | 12.6 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,407 | 16.9 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,540 | 14.7 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,596 | 14.5 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,304 | 21.2 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,442 | 19.0 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,404 | 20.8 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,345 | 22.5 |
| 1937 | 28 | #1,271 | 26.3 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,820 | 14.5 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,150 | 31.7 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,331 | 25.2 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,255 | 28.2 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,395 | 23.9 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,220 | 30.8 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,343 | 26.4 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,492 | 22.3 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,274 | 28.9 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,325 | 27.5 |
| 1926 | 44 | #1,052 | 39.6 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,260 | 29.6 |
| 1924 | 64 | #860 | 56.5 |
| 1923 | 50 | #984 | 45.6 |
| 1922 | 46 | #1,042 | 42.3 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,059 | 39.9 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,004 | 44.2 |
| 1919 | 49 | #961 | 50.0 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,084 | 39.5 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,275 | 31.3 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,078 | 40.4 |
| 1915 | 41 | #984 | 48.3 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,307 | 32.1 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,461 | 27.3 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,234 | 34.9 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,134 | 44.3 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,061 | 51.5 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,252 | 38.9 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,230 | 40.9 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,148 | 45.1 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,280 | 37.8 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,039 | 50.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Deward a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Deward has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 68 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Deward: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Deward, and how old are they?
An estimated 278 Americans named Deward and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (20% of everyone recorded); the median is 74 years old and half are between 63 and 82. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 398 people named Deward (3 women and girls, 395 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 380 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Deward
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Deward and names like it
- Compare Deward and VerlBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sDeward peaked in 1924.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Deward since 1910.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Deward.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Deward alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.