Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Ward

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1961

Peak rank proxy

341

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19612024

Peak year

1961

Decline from peak

89.4%

2024

All-time

14,983

Ward has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1961, when 341 boys were named Ward.

In 2024, only 36 boys were given the name.

Down 89.4% from its peak.

All told, about 14,983 Americans have been named Ward and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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