Is Heyward a boy or girl name?

Heyward is a boy’s name. Of the 2,018 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

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Heyward

Recorded 1896–2023 · United States

Heyward was most popular in 1928, when 43 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,094 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,018 people named Heyward.

Heyward over time

Births per year. The dot marks Heyward’s peak in 1928. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Heyward a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Heyward is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,018 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Heyward

Where Heyward is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org