Ward

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Ward first appears in the U.S. data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1961 with 341 babies (rank #431 that year). In 2024 it was given to 36 boys (rank #3,316). The name has been rising over the last five years.
15,067
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
341
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
188030#313
188137#261
188230#316
188327#323
188438#283
188523#378
188625#346
188723#351
188829#347
188932#311
189037#288
189137#268
189250#252
189330#322
189431#321
189548#260
189641#289
189728#359
189828#375
189948#243
190043#328
190125#382
190246#281
190340#299
190439#321
190531#382
190634#362
190732#404
190842#354
190940#386
191050#364
191177#307
1912114#362
1913150#334
1914193#330
1915237#348
1916211#380
1917242#359
1918258#364
1919243#371
1920286#347
1921273#366
1922323#320
1923271#361
1924276#358
1925256#372
1926220#404
1927230#394
1928183#442
1929192#427
1930223#380
1931179#423
1932169#431
1933164#431
1934187#404
1935157#455
1936140#476
1937149#457
1938175#435
1939154#465
1940142#486
1941139#495
1942158#491
1943177#468
1944167#471
1945155#483
1946219#432
1947218#454
1948204#467
1949183#492
1950167#518
1951200#479
1952180#521
1953207#489
1954196#522
1955197#521
1956194#543
1957169#592
1958246#495
1959253#491
1960283#473
1961341#431
1962263#489
1963282#473
1964244#504
1965172#583
1966200#543
1967183#552
1968141#640
1969131#693
1970129#726
197194#844
197294#835
197362#1,036
197461#1,063
197549#1,226
197666#1,027
197756#1,186
197843#1,432
197935#1,669
198045#1,431
198132#1,809
198243#1,487
198341#1,514
198429#1,931
198534#1,792
198635#1,790
198732#1,973
198828#2,252
198928#2,413
199033#2,213
199120#3,219
199224#2,908
199323#3,037
199415#4,282
199517#3,842
199621#3,398
199720#3,595
199823#3,387
199919#3,978
200016#4,774
200117#4,663
200214#5,383
200317#4,810
200410#7,503
200523#4,055
200619#4,851
200712#7,058
200820#4,891
200911#7,662
201018#5,236
201117#5,416
201225#4,127
201330#3,575
201430#3,611
201527#3,978
201648#2,622
201744#2,793
201840#2,989
201933#3,487
202047#2,687
202144#2,859
202254#2,557
202343#2,941
202436#3,316