Deward — boys' name

What the Data Says About Deward

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,393 babies named Deward between 1903 and 1981, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Deward currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 64 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deward performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 415 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Deward shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 83 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and West Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Deward in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deward in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,393 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.