Ward

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · #2,833 for boys in 2025, 44 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
#240
1899 · 48 births
Debut · boys
1880
30 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
15,026
since 1880

Ward over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ward has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #240, 1899boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,49114#2,83344
2024#11,1228#3,27236
2023#13,4626#2,89543
2022#15,3065#2,51754
2021—#2,81944
2020—#2,65847
2019#8,13813#3,42633
2018#9,80610#2,94340
2017#10,6899#2,75544
2016#14,3316#2,58748
2015#8,93112#3,88227
2014—#3,53230
2013—#3,49730
2012—#4,00325
2011—#5,20017
2010—#5,04718
2009—#7,23611
2008—#4,71420
2007—#6,62212
2006—#4,67519
2005—#3,94123
2004—#6,97610
2003—#4,61617
2002—#5,13114
2001—#4,47617
2000—#4,57316
1999—#3,83419
1998—#3,29623
1997—#3,45520
1996—#3,29321
1995—#3,69317
1994—#4,09415
1993—#2,94323
1992—#2,83424
1991—#3,10520
1990—#2,17033
1989—#2,35928
1988—#2,19728
1987—#1,93832
1986—#1,76035
1985—#1,76434
1984—#1,88529
1983—#1,49041
1982—#1,46443
1981—#1,76632
1980—#1,41045
1979—#1,63335
1978—#1,41043
1977—#1,17756
1976—#1,01966
1975—#1,20849
1974—#1,05261
1973—#1,02362
1972—#82694
1971—#83894
1970—#724129
1969—#689131
1968—#638141
1967—#550183
1966—#539200
1965—#582172
1964—#503244
1963—#469282
1962—#488263
1961—#430341
1960—#472283
1959—#490253
1958—#495246
1957#6,0865#590169
1956—#543193
1955—#520197
1954—#520196
1953—#488207
1952—#520180
1951—#479200
1950—#518167
1949—#490183
1948—#467204
1947—#452218
1946—#430219
1945—#482155
1944—#470167
1943—#466177
1942—#489158
1941—#494139
1940—#483142
1939—#465154
1938—#433175
1937—#457149
1936—#476140
1935—#452157
1934—#402187
1933—#431164
1932—#429169
1931—#422179
1930—#380223
1929—#425192
1928#4,7255#442183
1927—#393230
1926—#403220
1925—#371256
1924—#357276
1923—#360271
1922—#320323
1921—#366273
1920—#347286
1919—#371243
1918—#364258
1917—#359242
1916#4,4175#380211
1915—#347237
1914—#329193
1913—#333150
1912—#359114
1911—#30577
1910—#36250
1909—#37840
1908—#34942
1907—#39632
1906—#35534
1905—#37031
1904—#32039
1903—#29740
1902—#27746
1901—#37125
1900—#32543
1899—#24048
1898—#36428
1897—#35328
1896—#28841
1895—#26048
1894—#31931
1893—#31730
1892—#25150
1891—#26537
1890—#28237
1889—#30532
1888—#34329
1887—#34023
1886—#33625
1885—#36423
1884—#27838
1883—#31827
1882—#31330
1881—#26037
1880—#30530
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ward was already there! It came in at #305, and was given to 30 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2004, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.

Where Ward is popular in 1911

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #238 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,012 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedNEMissouri: #120 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 665 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Ward, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Missouri#120 · 1 in 665
  2. Pennsylvania#238 · 1 in 3,012

Best ever in a state: #119 in Utah, 1913.

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Pennsylvania#23861 in 3,012
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ward
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 439 spots since 2024 (#3,272 → #2,833)
  • 175 spots since 2020 (#2,658 → #2,833)
  • 1,049 spots since 2015 (#3,882 → #2,833)
  • Biggest jump: 124 spots in 1899 (#364 → #240)
  • Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1973 (#826 → #1,023)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1899 at #240 (48 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 92 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 93 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1972
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,213
  • Highest: 1 in 2,213 boys born in 1899 were named Ward (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 38,820 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.7% of all boys named Ward (2,510) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s294#260 (1881)#316
1890s378#240 (1899)#294
1900s372#277 (1902)#344
1910s1,775#305 (1911)#351
1920s2,510#320 (1922)#378
1930s1,697#380 (1930)#435
1940s1,762#430 (1946)#472
1950s2,008#479 (1951)#516
1960s2,240#430 (1961)#536
1970s689#724 (1970)#1,091
1980s347#1,410 (1980)#1,803
1990s215#2,170 (1990)#3,272
2000s159#3,941 (2005)#5,296
2010s312#2,587 (2016)#3,687
2020s268#2,517 (2022)#2,832

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ward in 1911

boys
#305
77 births · 1 in 2,935 boys

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
  11. #305Ward77
More about 1911

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 2,935 of them was named Ward, which outranked 84.7% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ward
  1. #300Sol78
  2. #300Wade78
  3. #300Wilmer78
  4. #305Ward77
  5. #305Anton77
  6. #305Loren77
  7. #308Bob76
  8. #308Jeff76
  9. #308Odell76

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 900Vincenzo#1,589 → #689
  2. ↑ 900Wyman#1,589 → #689
  3. ↑ 882Rodger#1,589 → #707
  4. ↑ 796Cedric#1,589 → #793
  5. ↑ 796Hughie#1,589 → #793
Fallers
  1. ↓ 881Bertha#859 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 881Arlo#859 → #1,740
  3. ↓ 831Shelton#556 → #1,387
  4. ↓ 812Guss#928 → #1,740
  5. ↓ 812Halley#928 → #1,740

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1911 →