Masculine dossier · first seen 1896

Heyward

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Heyward
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1928

Peak era

1928

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Silent Generation

1896Peak 19282024

Peak year

1928

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

2,018

Heyward is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1928, when 43 boys were named Heyward.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 2,018 Americans have been named Heyward and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1896.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1928

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