Lynward — boys' name
27 babies named Lynward in U.S. Social Security records since 1935, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Lynward was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Lynward in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lynward
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Lynward between 1935 and 1966, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lynward currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynward performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lynward shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lynward 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 27 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.
Lynward at a glance
Last recorded 1966Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lynward popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1935
- Peak year (1956)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1966.
27 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 7 births in a single year.
Lynward by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 12 births that decade — 44% of Lynward's all-time total
Lynward decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Lynward's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1935–1966 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.