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
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 48 births
- Debut · boys
- 30 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,026since 1880
Ward over time
Rank among boys' names. Ward has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | #2,833 | 44 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #3,272 | 36 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #2,895 | 43 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #2,517 | 54 |
| 2021 | — | #2,819 | 44 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,658 | 47 | |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #3,426 | 33 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #2,943 | 40 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #2,755 | 44 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #2,587 | 48 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #3,882 | 27 |
| 2014 | — | #3,532 | 30 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,497 | 30 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,003 | 25 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,200 | 17 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,236 | 11 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,714 | 20 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,622 | 12 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,941 | 23 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,616 | 17 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,131 | 14 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,573 | 16 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,834 | 19 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,296 | 23 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,693 | 17 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,943 | 23 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,834 | 24 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,170 | 33 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,359 | 28 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,197 | 28 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,938 | 32 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,760 | 35 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,764 | 34 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,885 | 29 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,490 | 41 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,464 | 43 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,766 | 32 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,410 | 45 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,633 | 35 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,410 | 43 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,177 | 56 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,019 | 66 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,208 | 49 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,052 | 61 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,023 | 62 | |
| 1972 | — | #826 | 94 | |
| 1971 | — | #838 | 94 | |
| 1970 | — | #724 | 129 | |
| 1969 | — | #689 | 131 | |
| 1968 | — | #638 | 141 | |
| 1967 | — | #550 | 183 | |
| 1966 | — | #539 | 200 | |
| 1965 | — | #582 | 172 | |
| 1964 | — | #503 | 244 | |
| 1963 | — | #469 | 282 | |
| 1962 | — | #488 | 263 | |
| 1961 | — | #430 | 341 | |
| 1960 | — | #472 | 283 | |
| 1959 | — | #490 | 253 | |
| 1958 | — | #495 | 246 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #590 | 169 |
| 1956 | — | #543 | 193 | |
| 1955 | — | #520 | 197 | |
| 1954 | — | #520 | 196 | |
| 1953 | — | #488 | 207 | |
| 1952 | — | #520 | 180 | |
| 1951 | — | #479 | 200 | |
| 1950 | — | #518 | 167 | |
| 1949 | — | #490 | 183 | |
| 1948 | — | #467 | 204 | |
| 1947 | — | #452 | 218 | |
| 1946 | — | #430 | 219 | |
| 1945 | — | #482 | 155 | |
| 1944 | — | #470 | 167 | |
| 1943 | — | #466 | 177 | |
| 1942 | — | #489 | 158 | |
| 1941 | — | #494 | 139 | |
| 1940 | — | #483 | 142 | |
| 1939 | — | #465 | 154 | |
| 1938 | — | #433 | 175 | |
| 1937 | — | #457 | 149 | |
| 1936 | — | #476 | 140 | |
| 1935 | — | #452 | 157 | |
| 1934 | — | #402 | 187 | |
| 1933 | — | #431 | 164 | |
| 1932 | — | #429 | 169 | |
| 1931 | — | #422 | 179 | |
| 1930 | — | #380 | 223 | |
| 1929 | — | #425 | 192 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #442 | 183 |
| 1927 | — | #393 | 230 | |
| 1926 | — | #403 | 220 | |
| 1925 | — | #371 | 256 | |
| 1924 | — | #357 | 276 | |
| 1923 | — | #360 | 271 | |
| 1922 | — | #320 | 323 | |
| 1921 | — | #366 | 273 | |
| 1920 | — | #347 | 286 | |
| 1919 | — | #371 | 243 | |
| 1918 | — | #364 | 258 | |
| 1917 | — | #359 | 242 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #380 | 211 |
| 1915 | — | #347 | 237 | |
| 1914 | — | #329 | 193 | |
| 1913 | — | #333 | 150 | |
| 1912 | — | #359 | 114 | |
| 1911 | — | #305 | 77 | |
| 1910 | — | #362 | 50 | |
| 1909 | — | #378 | 40 | |
| 1908 | — | #349 | 42 | |
| 1907 | — | #396 | 32 | |
| 1906 | — | #355 | 34 | |
| 1905 | — | #370 | 31 | |
| 1904 | — | #320 | 39 | |
| 1903 | — | #297 | 40 | |
| 1902 | — | #277 | 46 | |
| 1901 | — | #371 | 25 | |
| 1900 | — | #325 | 43 | |
| 1899 | — | #240 | 48 | |
| 1898 | — | #364 | 28 | |
| 1897 | — | #353 | 28 | |
| 1896 | — | #288 | 41 | |
| 1895 | — | #260 | 48 | |
| 1894 | — | #319 | 31 | |
| 1893 | — | #317 | 30 | |
| 1892 | — | #251 | 50 | |
| 1891 | — | #265 | 37 | |
| 1890 | — | #282 | 37 | |
| 1889 | — | #305 | 32 | |
| 1888 | — | #343 | 29 | |
| 1887 | — | #340 | 23 | |
| 1886 | — | #336 | 25 | |
| 1885 | — | #364 | 23 | |
| 1884 | — | #278 | 38 | |
| 1883 | — | #318 | 27 | |
| 1882 | — | #313 | 30 | |
| 1881 | — | #260 | 37 | |
| 1880 | — | #305 | 30 | |
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 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#209 · 1 in 2,089
- Minnesota#248 · 1 in 2,561
- Indiana#257 · 1 in 3,195
- Wisconsin#271 · 1 in 3,537
- Iowa#307 · 1 in 3,896
Best ever in a state: #119 in Utah, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #209 | 20 | 1 in 2,089 |
| Minnesota | #248 | 8 | 1 in 2,561 |
| Indiana | #257 | 8 | 1 in 3,195 |
| Wisconsin | #271 | 7 | 1 in 3,537 |
| Iowa | #307 | 5 | 1 in 3,896 |
| Pennsylvania | #350 | 12 | 1 in 7,003 |
| Kentucky | #357 | 7 | 1 in 3,670 |
| Ohio | #359 | 8 | 1 in 6,571 |
| Illinois | #371 | 9 | 1 in 6,405 |
| New York | #377 | 13 | 1 in 7,527 |
| Alabama | #381 | 7 | 1 in 3,883 |
| Missouri | #394 | 5 | 1 in 5,576 |
| California | #437 | 7 | 1 in 5,359 |
| North Carolina | #461 | 6 | 1 in 5,727 |
| Texas | #710 | 7 | 1 in 8,290 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #240 (48 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 92 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1972
- 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%)
- 16.7% of all boys named Ward (2,510) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 294 | #260 (1881) | #316 |
| 1890s | 378 | #240 (1899) | #294 |
| 1900s | 372 | #277 (1902) | #344 |
| 1910s | 1,775 | #305 (1911) | #351 |
| 1920s | 2,510 | #320 (1922) | #378 |
| 1930s | 1,697 | #380 (1930) | #435 |
| 1940s | 1,762 | #430 (1946) | #472 |
| 1950s | 2,008 | #479 (1951) | #516 |
| 1960s | 2,240 | #430 (1961) | #536 |
| 1970s | 689 | #724 (1970) | #1,091 |
| 1980s | 347 | #1,410 (1980) | #1,803 |
| 1990s | 215 | #2,170 (1990) | #3,272 |
| 2000s | 159 | #3,941 (2005) | #5,296 |
| 2010s | 312 | #2,587 (2016) | #3,687 |
| 2020s | 268 | #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 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 230,664 of them was named Ward, which outranked 13.1% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 715 names at #4,725; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 6,053 of them was named Ward, which outranked 90.6% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.