Meaning not yet researched.
Ward: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 44 in 2025. Its best rank was #243 in 1899.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #243 in 1899; #2,877 in 2025. About 76% of babies named Ward in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,877 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1899, at #243.
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Ward: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 44 boys in 2025. Peak: #243 in 1899 · most boys in one year: 341 (1961).
In 2025, 44 US boys were named Ward, making it the 2,877th most common boys’ name of the year, up 452 places from #3,329 in 2024. That is 8 more than the 36 boys named Ward in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #243, reached in 1899. The most boys given the name in a single year was 341, in 1961. For comparison, it was #3,978 in 2015 and #518 in 1950.
In 2025, 14 US girls were named Ward, making it the 7,863rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 4,221 places from #12,084 in 2024. That is 6 more than the 8 girls named Ward in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #5,142, reached in 1916. The most girls given the name in a single year was 14, in 2025. For comparison, it was #9,455 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ward in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 30 babies with the name. In all, 15,124 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,515 babies named Ward.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 433 US boys were named Ward; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 54. In 2025 that was about 1 in 38,820 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ward ranked highest in Florida in 2025, at #2,080 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Waard are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Waard (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ward in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 50 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 5 | #2,080 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,863 | 44 | #2,877 |
| 2024 | 8 | #12,084 | 36 | #3,329 |
| 2023 | 6 | #15,074 | 43 | #2,945 |
| 2022 | 5 | #17,610 | 54 | #2,559 |
| 2021 | — | — | 44 | #2,859 |
| 2020 | — | — | 47 | #2,687 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,578 | 33 | #3,489 |
| 2018 | 10 | #10,510 | 40 | #2,991 |
| 2017 | 9 | #11,570 | 44 | #2,795 |
| 2016 | 6 | #16,122 | 48 | #2,622 |
| 2015 | 12 | #9,455 | 27 | #3,978 |
| 2014 | — | — | 30 | #3,612 |
| 2013 | — | — | 30 | #3,575 |
| 2012 | — | — | 25 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | — | — | 17 | #5,416 |
| 2010 | — | — | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2009 | — | — | 11 | #7,663 |
| 2008 | — | — | 20 | #4,892 |
| 2007 | — | — | 12 | #7,058 |
| 2006 | — | — | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2005 | — | — | 23 | #4,055 |
| 2004 | — | — | 10 | #7,505 |
| 2003 | — | — | 17 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | — | — | 14 | #5,383 |
| 2001 | — | — | 17 | #4,663 |
| 2000 | — | — | 16 | #4,775 |
| 1999 | — | — | 19 | #3,980 |
| 1998 | — | — | 23 | #3,387 |
| 1997 | — | — | 20 | #3,595 |
| 1996 | — | — | 21 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | — | — | 17 | #3,842 |
| 1994 | — | — | 15 | #4,282 |
| 1993 | — | — | 23 | #3,037 |
| 1992 | — | — | 24 | #2,908 |
| 1991 | — | — | 20 | #3,219 |
| 1990 | — | — | 33 | #2,213 |
| 1989 | — | — | 28 | #2,413 |
| 1988 | — | — | 28 | #2,252 |
| 1987 | — | — | 32 | #1,973 |
| 1986 | — | — | 35 | #1,790 |
| 1985 | — | — | 34 | #1,792 |
| 1984 | — | — | 29 | #1,931 |
| 1983 | — | — | 41 | #1,514 |
| 1982 | — | — | 43 | #1,486 |
| 1981 | — | — | 32 | #1,809 |
| 1980 | — | — | 45 | #1,431 |
| 1979 | — | — | 35 | #1,669 |
| 1978 | — | — | 43 | #1,433 |
| 1977 | — | — | 56 | #1,186 |
| 1976 | — | — | 66 | #1,027 |
| 1975 | — | — | 49 | #1,226 |
| 1974 | — | — | 61 | #1,063 |
| 1973 | — | — | 62 | #1,036 |
| 1972 | — | — | 94 | #835 |
| 1971 | — | — | 94 | #845 |
| 1970 | — | — | 129 | #726 |
| 1969 | — | — | 131 | #693 |
| 1968 | — | — | 141 | #640 |
| 1967 | — | — | 183 | #551 |
| 1966 | — | — | 200 | #543 |
| 1965 | — | — | 172 | #583 |
| 1964 | — | — | 244 | #504 |
| 1963 | — | — | 282 | #472 |
| 1962 | — | — | 263 | #489 |
| 1961 | — | — | 341 | #432 |
| 1960 | — | — | 283 | #472 |
| 1959 | — | — | 253 | #492 |
| 1958 | — | — | 246 | #495 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,988 | 169 | #592 |
| 1956 | — | — | 193 | #545 |
| 1955 | — | — | 197 | #521 |
| 1954 | — | — | 196 | #522 |
| 1953 | — | — | 207 | #489 |
| 1952 | — | — | 180 | #521 |
| 1951 | — | — | 200 | #479 |
| 1950 | — | — | 167 | #518 |
| 1949 | — | — | 183 | #492 |
| 1948 | — | — | 204 | #467 |
| 1947 | — | — | 218 | #454 |
| 1946 | — | — | 219 | #432 |
| 1945 | — | — | 155 | #483 |
| 1944 | — | — | 167 | #471 |
| 1943 | — | — | 177 | #468 |
| 1942 | — | — | 158 | #491 |
| 1941 | — | — | 139 | #495 |
| 1940 | — | — | 142 | #486 |
| 1939 | — | — | 154 | #465 |
| 1938 | — | — | 175 | #435 |
| 1937 | — | — | 149 | #457 |
| 1936 | — | — | 140 | #476 |
| 1935 | — | — | 157 | #455 |
| 1934 | — | — | 187 | #404 |
| 1933 | — | — | 164 | #431 |
| 1932 | — | — | 169 | #431 |
| 1931 | — | — | 179 | #423 |
| 1930 | — | — | 223 | #380 |
| 1929 | — | — | 192 | #427 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,409 | 183 | #442 |
| 1927 | — | — | 230 | #394 |
| 1926 | — | — | 220 | #404 |
| 1925 | — | — | 256 | #372 |
| 1924 | — | — | 276 | #358 |
| 1923 | — | — | 271 | #361 |
| 1922 | — | — | 323 | #320 |
| 1921 | — | — | 273 | #366 |
| 1920 | — | — | 286 | #347 |
| 1919 | — | — | 243 | #371 |
| 1918 | — | — | 258 | #364 |
| 1917 | — | — | 242 | #359 |
| 1916 | 5 | #5,142 | 211 | #380 |
| 1915 | — | — | 237 | #348 |
| 1914 | — | — | 193 | #330 |
| 1913 | — | — | 150 | #334 |
| 1912 | — | — | 114 | #362 |
| 1911 | — | — | 77 | #307 |
| 1910 | — | — | 50 | #364 |
| 1909 | — | — | 40 | #386 |
| 1908 | — | — | 42 | #354 |
| 1907 | — | — | 32 | #404 |
| 1906 | — | — | 34 | #362 |
| 1905 | — | — | 31 | #382 |
| 1904 | — | — | 39 | #321 |
| 1903 | — | — | 40 | #299 |
| 1902 | — | — | 46 | #281 |
| 1901 | — | — | 25 | #382 |
| 1900 | — | — | 43 | #328 |
| 1899 | — | — | 48 | #243 |
| 1898 | — | — | 28 | #375 |
| 1897 | — | — | 28 | #359 |
| 1896 | — | — | 41 | #289 |
| 1895 | — | — | 48 | #260 |
| 1894 | — | — | 31 | #321 |
| 1893 | — | — | 30 | #322 |
| 1892 | — | — | 50 | #252 |
| 1891 | — | — | 37 | #268 |
| 1890 | — | — | 37 | #288 |
| 1889 | — | — | 32 | #311 |
| 1888 | — | — | 29 | #347 |
| 1887 | — | — | 23 | #351 |
| 1886 | — | — | 25 | #346 |
| 1885 | — | — | 23 | #378 |
| 1884 | — | — | 38 | #283 |
| 1883 | — | — | 27 | #323 |
| 1882 | — | — | 30 | #316 |
| 1881 | — | — | 37 | #261 |
| 1880 | — | — | 30 | #313 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).