Ward
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,832 for boys
Ward is a name of English origin, meaning “son of the poet”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).
What does Ward mean?
English
“son of the poet”
An English male given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ward a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ward has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 14 girls and 44 boys in the US.
How popular is Ward in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Ward, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Ward in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
How popular is Ward in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,832among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 39,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Ward, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,657th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 341 boys. 14 girls were also named Ward in 2025 (7,489th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Ward in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 2% of the babies named Ward in the US in 1916, and 24% in 2025.
Ward in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,832 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,516 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 47 | #2,657 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 40 | #2,942 |
| 2017 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 33 | #2,165 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,353 |
| 1988 | 28 | #2,192 |
| 1987 | 32 | #1,934 |
| 1986 | 35 | #1,758 |
| 1985 | 34 | #1,763 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,884 |
| 1983 | 41 | #1,489 |
| 1982 | 43 | #1,463 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1980 | 45 | #1,410 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,633 |
| 1978 | 43 | #1,410 |
| 1977 | 56 | #1,177 |
| 1976 | 66 | #1,019 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,208 |
| 1974 | 61 | #1,052 |
| 1973 | 62 | #1,023 |
| 1972 | 94 | #826 |
| 1971 | 94 | #838 |
| 1970 | 129 | #724 |
| 1969 | 131 | #689 |
| 1968 | 141 | #638 |
| 1967 | 183 | #550 |
| 1966 | 200 | #539 |
| 1965 | 172 | #582 |
| 1964 | 244 | #503 |
| 1963 | 282 | #469 |
| 1962 | 263 | #488 |
| 1961 | 341 | #430 |
| 1960 | 283 | #472 |
| 1959 | 253 | #490 |
| 1958 | 246 | #494 |
| 1957 | 169 | #589 |
| 1956 | 193 | #542 |
| 1955 | 197 | #519 |
| 1954 | 196 | #519 |
| 1953 | 207 | #487 |
| 1952 | 180 | #519 |
| 1951 | 200 | #478 |
| 1950 | 167 | #517 |
| 1949 | 183 | #489 |
| 1948 | 204 | #467 |
| 1947 | 218 | #452 |
| 1946 | 219 | #430 |
| 1945 | 155 | #482 |
| 1944 | 167 | #470 |
| 1943 | 177 | #466 |
| 1942 | 158 | #489 |
| 1941 | 139 | #494 |
| 1940 | 142 | #483 |
| 1939 | 154 | #465 |
| 1938 | 175 | #433 |
| 1937 | 149 | #457 |
| 1936 | 140 | #476 |
| 1935 | 157 | #452 |
| 1934 | 187 | #402 |
| 1933 | 164 | #431 |
| 1932 | 169 | #429 |
| 1931 | 179 | #422 |
| 1930 | 223 | #380 |
| 1929 | 192 | #425 |
| 1928 | 183 | #442 |
| 1927 | 230 | #393 |
| 1926 | 220 | #403 |
| 1925 | 256 | #371 |
| 1924 | 276 | #357 |
| 1923 | 271 | #360 |
| 1922 | 323 | #320 |
| 1921 | 273 | #366 |
| 1920 | 286 | #347 |
| 1919 | 243 | #371 |
| 1918 | 258 | #364 |
| 1917 | 242 | #359 |
| 1916 | 211 | #380 |
| 1915 | 237 | #347 |
| 1914 | 193 | #329 |
| 1913 | 150 | #333 |
| 1912 | 114 | #359 |
| 1911 | 77 | #305 |
| 1910 | 50 | #362 |
| 1909 | 40 | #378 |
| 1908 | 42 | #349 |
| 1907 | 32 | #396 |
| 1906 | 34 | #355 |
| 1905 | 31 | #370 |
| 1904 | 39 | #320 |
| 1903 | 40 | #297 |
| 1902 | 46 | #277 |
| 1901 | 25 | #371 |
| 1900 | 43 | #325 |
| 1899 | 48 | #240 |
| 1898 | 28 | #364 |
| 1897 | 28 | #353 |
| 1896 | 41 | #288 |
| 1895 | 48 | #260 |
| 1894 | 31 | #319 |
| 1893 | 30 | #317 |
| 1892 | 50 | #251 |
| 1891 | 37 | #265 |
| 1890 | 37 | #282 |
| 1889 | 32 | #305 |
| 1888 | 29 | #343 |
| 1887 | 23 | #340 |
| 1886 | 25 | #336 |
| 1885 | 23 | #364 |
| 1884 | 38 | #278 |
| 1883 | 27 | #318 |
| 1882 | 30 | #313 |
| 1881 | 37 | #260 |
| 1880 | 30 | #305 |
Names like Ward
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Ward
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Ward: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ward, updated 20 October 2026.