Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Heyward

#3,119 most common boys' name of all time · #7,574 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1896–2023

Rank among boys
#3,119
Rank overall
#7,574 of 105,966
First appeared
1896
Years on the list
102 of 146
All-time
2,018
Since 2016
19
Peak year
1928 #1,074
Best rank
#906 1903
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Heyward first appears in 1896. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 5 5 #12,321
2020 9 9 #8,107
2017 5 5 #12,319
2015 8 8 #8,799
2013 5 5 #12,204
2012 7 7 #9,753
2010 7 7 #9,741
2003 5 5 #10,975
1999 7 7 #7,928
1997 8 8 #6,671
1993 9 9 #5,801
1992 5 5 #8,517
1991 6 6 #7,346
1989 6 6 #7,021
1988 7 7 #5,818
1987 5 5 #7,045
1986 9 9 #4,508
1985 7 7 #5,224
1984 11 11 #3,739
1983 16 16 #2,807
1982 6 6 #5,694
1981 10 10 #3,897
1980 9 9 #4,190
1979 8 8 #4,461
1978 11 11 #3,435
1977 7 7 #4,652
1976 11 11 #3,307
1975 13 13 #2,939
1974 14 14 #2,697
1973 9 9 #3,483
1972 12 12 #2,848
1971 14 14 #2,586
1970 10 10 #3,121
1969 21 21 #1,823
1968 16 16 #2,054
1967 14 14 #2,172
1966 16 16 #1,993
1965 21 21 #1,746
1964 21 21 #1,751
1963 19 19 #1,863
1962 15 15 #2,143
1961 25 25 #1,616
1960 27 27 #1,563
1959 30 30 #1,454
1958 20 20 #1,797
1957 35 35 #1,337
1956 28 28 #1,494
1955 33 33 #1,328
1954 32 32 #1,345
1953 29 29 #1,414
1952 30 30 #1,393
1951 30 30 #1,361
1950 34 34 #1,249
1949 40 40 #1,119
1948 36 36 #1,209
1947 39 39 #1,172
1946 30 30 #1,291
1945 32 32 #1,176
1944 28 28 #1,272
1943 30 30 #1,270
1942 24 24 #1,450
1941 25 25 #1,352
1940 32 32 #1,198
1939 34 34 #1,115
1938 36 36 #1,089
1937 41 41 #996
1936 27 27 #1,286
1935 28 28 #1,283
1934 33 33 #1,162
1933 24 24 #1,389
1932 38 38 #1,104
1931 32 32 #1,226
1930 37 37 #1,168
1929 30 30 #1,305
1928 43 43 #1,074
1927 36 36 #1,218
1926 35 35 #1,235
1925 34 34 #1,240
1924 32 32 #1,308
1923 35 35 #1,230
1922 34 34 #1,253
1921 36 36 #1,219
1920 28 28 #1,401
1919 31 31 #1,287
1918 24 24 #1,524
1917 37 37 #1,105
1916 26 26 #1,363
1915 20 20 #1,585
1914 13 13 #1,827
1913 14 14 #1,475
1912 17 17 #1,163
1911 7 7 #1,501
1910 7 7 #1,395
1909 6 6 #1,408
1906 6 6 #1,226
1904 6 6 #1,178
1903 8 8 #906
1902 7 7 #1,006
1901 5 5 #1,193
1900 7 7 #1,142
1897 6 6 #1,050
1896 5 5 #1,254