Hayward
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAY-werd
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Hayward is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hedge guardian”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Hayward mean?
English: occupational surname from Old English
“hedge guardian”
From the medieval village office of hayward, the official who guarded hedges and fenced fields.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Hayward a girl's or a boy's name?
Hayward is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hayward in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Hayward, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1956, with 95 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the boys named Hayward in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1959, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hayward in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,821 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,827 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 35 | #1,471 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,400 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,680 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,525 |
| 1970 | 47 | #1,207 |
| 1969 | 32 | #1,414 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,087 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,427 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,163 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,287 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,099 |
| 1962 | 50 | #1,081 |
| 1961 | 55 | #1,051 |
| 1960 | 71 | #896 |
| 1959 | 69 | #918 |
| 1958 | 66 | #935 |
| 1957 | 61 | #970 |
| 1956 | 95 | #752 |
| 1955 | 72 | #866 |
| 1954 | 74 | #841 |
| 1953 | 78 | #812 |
| 1952 | 73 | #820 |
| 1951 | 79 | #790 |
| 1950 | 77 | #777 |
| 1949 | 91 | #718 |
| 1948 | 94 | #687 |
| 1947 | 82 | #757 |
| 1946 | 87 | #695 |
| 1945 | 72 | #718 |
| 1944 | 82 | #687 |
| 1943 | 88 | #681 |
| 1942 | 73 | #748 |
| 1941 | 77 | #702 |
| 1940 | 66 | #758 |
| 1939 | 75 | #685 |
| 1938 | 87 | #640 |
| 1937 | 83 | #650 |
| 1936 | 81 | #644 |
| 1935 | 70 | #731 |
| 1934 | 82 | #669 |
| 1933 | 70 | #729 |
| 1932 | 72 | #735 |
| 1931 | 76 | #688 |
| 1930 | 71 | #755 |
| 1929 | 71 | #752 |
| 1928 | 90 | #661 |
| 1927 | 75 | #754 |
| 1926 | 75 | #737 |
| 1925 | 90 | #670 |
| 1924 | 81 | #737 |
| 1923 | 82 | #718 |
| 1922 | 88 | #697 |
| 1921 | 78 | #750 |
| 1920 | 84 | #705 |
| 1919 | 75 | #738 |
| 1918 | 63 | #824 |
| 1917 | 84 | #650 |
| 1916 | 62 | #781 |
| 1915 | 56 | #816 |
| 1914 | 35 | #933 |
| 1913 | 30 | #897 |
| 1912 | 29 | #816 |
| 1911 | 16 | #823 |
| 1910 | 18 | #707 |
| 1909 | 18 | #636 |
| 1908 | 15 | #685 |
| 1907 | 13 | #735 |
| 1906 | 9 | #852 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 11 | #723 |
| 1903 | 13 | #619 |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 8 | #786 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
Names like Hayward
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Howard, Leonard, Edward, Richard, Harold, Raymond, Harvey, Warren, Stanley, Hollis, William, Franklin
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hayward: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hayward, updated 20 October 2026.