Hayward — #10914 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hayward

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,059 babies named Hayward between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hayward currently holds the #10914 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 95 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hayward performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 814 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Hayward shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 434 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Hayward in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hayward 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 5,059 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.