Hayward
Hayward was given to 5 boys in 2025, #12,703 among boys’ names; 5,064 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,060 Americans named Hayward and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (41% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 48 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Hayward by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Hayward mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Hayward is “a male given name.”
From hayward.
/ˈheɪwə(ɹ)d/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Hayward?
#12,703 among boys’ names, 2025
Hayward fell from #7,237 in 2015 to #12,703 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 5.7 to 2.9 per million.
95 babies in 1956, the peak
Hayward peaked in 1956, when 95 boys were given it, #752 among boys’ names. The 5 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,703 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 6 | #11,425 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,916 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 6 | #11,102 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 6 | #11,267 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 8 | #9,144 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,237 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,755 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,210 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,994 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (130)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 14 | #6,192 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,610 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,476 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,995 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 7 | #9,006 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,911 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 5 | #11,191 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,522 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,202 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,986 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,273 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,253 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 9 | #6,094 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,648 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,713 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,259 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,154 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,358 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 20 | #3,017 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,122 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,662 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,630 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,537 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,163 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,837 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,951 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,229 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,877 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,920 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,317 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,093 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,846 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,807 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 35 | #1,484 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,414 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,701 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,539 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 47 | #1,210 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 32 | #1,423 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,108 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,092 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,435 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,174 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,296 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,105 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 50 | #1,085 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 55 | #1,052 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 71 | #899 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 69 | #922 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 66 | #937 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 61 | #975 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 95 | #752 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 72 | #868 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 74 | #845 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 78 | #813 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 73 | #825 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 79 | #792 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 77 | #779 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 91 | #718 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 94 | #688 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 82 | #758 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 87 | #696 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 72 | #723 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 82 | #688 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 88 | #685 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 73 | #750 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 77 | #705 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 66 | #761 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 75 | #687 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 87 | #643 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 83 | #653 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 81 | #647 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 70 | #735 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 82 | #671 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 70 | #729 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 72 | #737 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 76 | #692 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 71 | #759 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 71 | #759 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 90 | #661 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 75 | #758 | 0.07 |
| 1926 | 75 | #742 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 90 | #675 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 81 | #739 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 82 | #723 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 88 | #697 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 78 | #756 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 84 | #707 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 75 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 63 | #828 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 84 | #653 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 62 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 56 | #818 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 35 | #941 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 30 | #907 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 29 | #824 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 16 | #844 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 18 | #717 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 18 | #642 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 15 | #695 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 13 | #757 | 0.09 |
| 1906 | 9 | #881 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 12 | #722 | 0.09 |
| 1904 | 11 | #740 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 13 | #633 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 8 | #886 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 6 | #993 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,096 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 7 | #897 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,060 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 8 | #821 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 8 | #855 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 10 | #718 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 10 | #694 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 8 | #793 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,147 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 6 | #898 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 7 | #840 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 6 | #973 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 8 | #722 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Hayward a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Hayward has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 130 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Hayward: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Hayward, and how old are they?
2,060 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 41% of the 5,064 Americans ever recorded as Hayward. The median Hayward alive today is 65 years old; half are between 48 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 1,875 people named Hayward (19 women and girls, 1,856 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,421 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 269 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 873 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 462 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 293 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 96 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 63 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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).
Where are babies named Hayward born?
The states with the most babies named Hayward are Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina, with 50% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana and South Carolina are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 434 | not ranked | 4.4× |
| Georgia | 383 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| South Carolina | 346 | not ranked | 3.9× |
| Alabama | 281 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| West Virginia | 218 | not ranked | 3.1× |
| Florida | 165 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Texas | 120 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New York | 72 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Mississippi | 67 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 66 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Hayward is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Hayward is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 4.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Hayward with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 5,243 babies since 1880, Hayward is the most given (97% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Hayward
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 Hayward and names like it
- Compare Hayward and HawardBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sHayward peaked in 1956.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Hayward since 1910.
- The top names of 1956The year the most babies were named Hayward.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Hayward alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with HMost given first.