Haywood
Haywood was given to 12 boys in 2025, #6,940 among boys’ names; 6,541 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,390 Americans named Haywood and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (37% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 47 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Haywood by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Haywood?
#6,940 among boys’ names, 2025
Haywood fell from #6,457 in 2015 to #6,940 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 6.8 to 7.0 per million.
137 babies in 1919, the peak
Haywood peaked in 1919, when 137 boys were given it, #508 among boys’ names. The 12 births of 2025 are 9% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,940 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,594 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,913 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,967 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,808 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,300 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 6 | #11,268 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,851 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 7 | #10,086 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,800 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 | #6,457 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,756 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,482 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 7 | #10,090 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,944 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,905 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,893 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,437 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 8 | #9,012 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,869 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,923 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,409 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,912 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,702 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 11 | #6,049 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 7 | #8,172 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,987 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,117 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,985 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,618 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,899 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,318 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,143 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,371 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,504 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,366 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,544 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,663 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,548 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,538 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 33 | #1,739 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,833 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,135 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,156 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,023 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,069 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,737 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 43 | #1,396 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,513 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 31 | #1,642 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 33 | #1,526 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 38 | #1,362 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,427 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,161 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,145 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,138 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,265 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,093 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,171 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 60 | #949 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,088 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 71 | #888 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 61 | #975 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 62 | #984 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 79 | #856 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 50 | #1,092 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 68 | #919 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 78 | #851 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 82 | #825 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 89 | #774 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 73 | #855 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 82 | #790 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 75 | #809 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 87 | #745 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 114 | #654 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 87 | #737 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 90 | #704 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 113 | #648 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 80 | #733 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 86 | #652 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 82 | #689 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 93 | #667 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 93 | #669 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 81 | #680 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 92 | #621 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 104 | #560 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 93 | #617 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 86 | #634 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 94 | #598 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 87 | #631 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 86 | #652 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 95 | #598 | 0.10 |
| 1932 | 89 | #638 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 84 | #652 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 89 | #659 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 86 | #664 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 88 | #671 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 112 | #585 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 102 | #621 | 0.09 |
| 1925 | 120 | #567 | 0.11 |
| 1924 | 93 | #673 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 127 | #548 | 0.12 |
| 1922 | 108 | #621 | 0.10 |
| 1921 | 113 | #598 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 124 | #549 | 0.12 |
| 1919 | 137 | #508 | 0.14 |
| 1918 | 101 | #612 | 0.10 |
| 1917 | 90 | #625 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 98 | #589 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 91 | #603 | 0.11 |
| 1914 | 77 | #570 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 70 | #516 | 0.14 |
| 1912 | 61 | #502 | 0.14 |
| 1911 | 40 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1910 | 33 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1909 | 36 | #411 | 0.22 |
| 1908 | 26 | #494 | 0.17 |
| 1907 | 27 | #450 | 0.18 |
| 1906 | 14 | #660 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 25 | #438 | 0.19 |
| 1904 | 22 | #459 | 0.17 |
| 1903 | 23 | #420 | 0.19 |
| 1902 | 20 | #478 | 0.16 |
| 1901 | 17 | #477 | 0.16 |
| 1900 | 28 | #426 | 0.19 |
| 1899 | 25 | #369 | 0.24 |
| 1898 | 16 | #529 | 0.13 |
| 1897 | 18 | #464 | 0.16 |
| 1896 | 17 | #510 | 0.14 |
| 1895 | 21 | #432 | 0.18 |
| 1894 | 21 | #413 | 0.18 |
| 1893 | 20 | #409 | 0.18 |
| 1892 | 14 | #559 | 0.11 |
| 1891 | 10 | #618 | 0.10 |
| 1890 | 7 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 11 | #602 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 10 | #673 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 14 | #470 | 0.14 |
| 1886 | 13 | #526 | 0.12 |
| 1885 | 10 | #619 | 0.09 |
| 1884 | 16 | #477 | 0.14 |
| 1883 | 18 | #420 | 0.17 |
| 1882 | 17 | #442 | 0.15 |
| 1881 | 9 | #624 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 10 | #617 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Haywood a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Haywood has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 145 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Haywood: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Haywood, and how old are they?
2,390 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 37% of the 6,541 Americans ever recorded as Haywood. The median Haywood alive today is 63 years old; half are between 47 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 2,121 people named Haywood (19 women and girls, 2,102 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,772 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 | 311 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 960 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 554 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 290 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 137 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 132 |
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 Haywood born?
The states with the most babies named Haywood are North Carolina, Virginia and Alabama, with 75% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Virginia and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 1,701 | not ranked | 8.9× |
| Virginia | 592 | not ranked | 4.2× |
| Alabama | 311 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Texas | 163 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Mississippi | 158 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Georgia | 142 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 92 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Florida | 73 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| South Carolina | 63 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Louisiana | 58 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Haywood is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Haywood is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 8.9 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 Haywood with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Haywood
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 Haywood and names like it
- Compare Haywood and SylvesterBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sHaywood peaked in 1919.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Haywood since 1910.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Haywood.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Haywood alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with HMost given first.