How Many People Are Named Haywood?
people named Haywood are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 139,617 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,541 babies named Haywood in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
137 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "fenced wood" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Haywood in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Haywood alive today is about 58 years old, and 56% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 47 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Haywood first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1919, to 137 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Haywood has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #369, in 1899. In 2025 it ranked #6,940.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,940 |
| Best rank | #369 (1899) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #611 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Haywood alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Haywood were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 536 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Haywood was given 15.6 times as often in North Carolina, 7.6 times in Virginia and 3.7 times in Alabama.
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