Haywood
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAY-wood
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Haywood is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “enclosed wood”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Haywood mean?
English: surname from a place name
“enclosed wood”
Is Haywood a girl's or a boy's name?
Haywood is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haywood in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Haywood, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1919, with 137 boys.
Half of all the boys named Haywood in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1958, the years shaded on the chart below.
Haywood in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 33 | #1,722 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,003 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,048 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 43 | #1,390 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 31 | #1,629 |
| 1974 | 33 | #1,520 |
| 1973 | 38 | #1,354 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,418 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,157 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,142 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,136 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,087 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,164 |
| 1965 | 60 | #948 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,082 |
| 1963 | 71 | #886 |
| 1962 | 61 | #972 |
| 1961 | 62 | #979 |
| 1960 | 79 | #851 |
| 1959 | 50 | #1,089 |
| 1958 | 68 | #914 |
| 1957 | 78 | #848 |
| 1956 | 82 | #821 |
| 1955 | 89 | #771 |
| 1954 | 73 | #850 |
| 1953 | 82 | #785 |
| 1952 | 75 | #807 |
| 1951 | 87 | #744 |
| 1950 | 114 | #651 |
| 1949 | 87 | #737 |
| 1948 | 90 | #704 |
| 1947 | 113 | #647 |
| 1946 | 80 | #729 |
| 1945 | 86 | #650 |
| 1944 | 82 | #687 |
| 1943 | 93 | #666 |
| 1942 | 93 | #667 |
| 1941 | 81 | #678 |
| 1940 | 92 | #620 |
| 1939 | 104 | #560 |
| 1938 | 93 | #615 |
| 1937 | 86 | #631 |
| 1936 | 94 | #597 |
| 1935 | 87 | #629 |
| 1934 | 86 | #650 |
| 1933 | 95 | #597 |
| 1932 | 89 | #632 |
| 1931 | 84 | #650 |
| 1930 | 89 | #654 |
| 1929 | 86 | #663 |
| 1928 | 88 | #669 |
| 1927 | 112 | #584 |
| 1926 | 102 | #621 |
| 1925 | 120 | #566 |
| 1924 | 93 | #671 |
| 1923 | 127 | #545 |
| 1922 | 108 | #620 |
| 1921 | 113 | #597 |
| 1920 | 124 | #549 |
| 1919 | 137 | #508 |
| 1918 | 101 | #611 |
| 1917 | 90 | #623 |
| 1916 | 98 | #585 |
| 1915 | 91 | #601 |
| 1914 | 77 | #569 |
| 1913 | 70 | #513 |
| 1912 | 61 | #502 |
| 1911 | 40 | #461 |
| 1910 | 33 | #480 |
| 1909 | 36 | #408 |
| 1908 | 26 | #489 |
| 1907 | 27 | #448 |
| 1906 | 14 | #640 |
| 1905 | 25 | #430 |
| 1904 | 22 | #452 |
| 1903 | 23 | #411 |
| 1902 | 20 | #475 |
| 1901 | 17 | #466 |
| 1900 | 28 | #424 |
| 1899 | 25 | #362 |
| 1898 | 16 | #523 |
| 1897 | 18 | #459 |
| 1896 | 17 | #500 |
| 1895 | 21 | #426 |
| 1894 | 21 | #412 |
| 1893 | 20 | #401 |
| 1892 | 14 | #547 |
| 1891 | 10 | #597 |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 11 | #581 |
| 1888 | 10 | #648 |
| 1887 | 14 | #461 |
| 1886 | 13 | #512 |
| 1885 | 10 | #604 |
| 1884 | 16 | #468 |
| 1883 | 18 | #412 |
| 1882 | 17 | #437 |
| 1881 | 9 | #595 |
| 1880 | 10 | #600 |
Names like Haywood
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Howard, Harvey, Edward, William, Henry, Arthur, Harold, Harry, Hollis, Leonard, Warren, Walter
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, “Haywood: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haywood, updated 20 October 2026.