Deward is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Deward is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1981. Deward first appears in 1903 and peaked in 1924 (64 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 5 | — | #6,527 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #4,516 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #6,057 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | #4,966 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #4,093 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | #3,433 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #3,802 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | #2,833 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | #2,839 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,714 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | #2,568 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | #2,716 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | #3,748 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #4,133 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | #2,291 |
| 1957 | 15 | — | #2,113 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | #2,400 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | #2,621 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | #2,232 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | #2,311 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | #3,169 |
| 1951 | 14 | — | #2,076 |
| 1950 | 9 | — | #2,622 |
| 1949 | 22 | — | #1,590 |
| 1948 | 20 | — | #1,667 |
| 1947 | 23 | — | #1,567 |
| 1946 | 19 | — | #1,653 |
| 1945 | 17 | — | #1,641 |
| 1944 | 23 | — | #1,408 |
| 1943 | 21 | — | #1,541 |
| 1942 | 20 | — | #1,596 |
| 1941 | 26 | — | #1,304 |
| 1940 | 22 | — | #1,442 |
| 1939 | 23 | — | #1,404 |
| 1938 | 25 | — | #1,345 |
| 1937 | 28 | — | #1,271 |
| 1936 | 15 | — | #1,820 |
| 1935 | 33 | — | #1,150 |
| 1934 | 26 | — | #1,331 |
| 1933 | 28 | — | #1,255 |
| 1932 | 25 | — | #1,395 |
| 1931 | 32 | — | #1,220 |
| 1930 | 29 | — | #1,343 |
| 1929 | 24 | — | #1,492 |
| 1928 | 32 | — | #1,274 |
| 1927 | 31 | — | #1,325 |
| 1926 | 44 | — | #1,052 |
| 1925 | 33 | — | #1,260 |
| 1924 | 64 | — | #860 |
| 1923 | 50 | — | #984 |
| 1922 | 46 | — | #1,042 |
| 1921 | 44 | — | #1,059 |
| 1920 | 47 | — | #1,004 |
| 1919 | 49 | — | #961 |
| 1918 | 40 | — | #1,084 |
| 1917 | 29 | — | #1,275 |
| 1916 | 36 | — | #1,078 |
| 1915 | 41 | — | #984 |
| 1914 | 21 | — | #1,307 |
| 1913 | 14 | — | #1,462 |
| 1912 | 15 | — | #1,234 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | #1,135 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | #1,062 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #1,253 |
| 1907 | 6 | — | #1,231 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,149 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #1,281 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,039 |