How Many People Are Named Heyward?
people named Heyward are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 416,810 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,018 babies named Heyward in Social Security records from 1896 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
43 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Heyward in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Heyward alive today is about 61 years old, and 61% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 50 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Heyward first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1928, to 43 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Heyward has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #872, in 1903.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #872 (1903) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,227 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Heyward alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Heyward were born in South Carolina than in any other state: about 479 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Heyward was given 54 times as often in South Carolina and 1.9 times in Georgia.
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