Hayward

Where Hayward comes from

From hayward.
— Wiktionary's entry for Hayward
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1824
    Hayward A. Harvey born
    American inventor
  2. 1879
    Hayward Mack born
    actor
  3. 1884
    First appearance
    #701 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1903
    Peak, #619
    13 babies named Hayward — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2000
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #9,112.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Hayward Mack · actor, 1879–1921
  • Hayward A. Harvey · American inventor, 1824–1893
  • Hayward Keniston · American linguist and hispanist, 1883–1970
  • Hayward Alker · American professor of international relations, 1937–2007

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.