Heyward is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1928 and has since faded.
Heyward is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2023. Heyward was first reported in SSA data in 1896 and peaked in 1928 (43 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | #12,928 |
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | #8,308 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | #12,981 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 | #9,046 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | #12,837 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 | #10,102 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | #10,064 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | #11,535 |
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | #8,181 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | #6,842 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | #5,934 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #8,936 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | #7,629 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | #7,341 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | #6,025 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #7,393 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | #4,612 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #5,380 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | #3,795 |
| 1983 | 16 | — | #2,837 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | #5,926 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | #3,959 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | #4,276 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #4,578 |
| 1978 | 11 | — | #3,487 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | #4,795 |
| 1976 | 11 | — | #3,357 |
| 1975 | 13 | — | #2,973 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | #2,722 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | #3,550 |
| 1972 | 12 | — | #2,896 |
| 1971 | 14 | — | #2,614 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | #3,150 |
| 1969 | 21 | — | #1,830 |
| 1968 | 16 | — | #2,066 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | #2,189 |
| 1966 | 16 | — | #1,996 |
| 1965 | 21 | — | #1,748 |
| 1964 | 21 | — | #1,760 |
| 1963 | 19 | — | #1,860 |
| 1962 | 15 | — | #2,143 |
| 1961 | 25 | — | #1,617 |
| 1960 | 27 | — | #1,567 |
| 1959 | 30 | — | #1,451 |
| 1958 | 20 | — | #1,797 |
| 1957 | 35 | — | #1,329 |
| 1956 | 28 | — | #1,496 |
| 1955 | 33 | — | #1,325 |
| 1954 | 32 | — | #1,346 |
| 1953 | 29 | — | #1,417 |
| 1952 | 30 | — | #1,388 |
| 1951 | 30 | — | #1,359 |
| 1950 | 34 | — | #1,241 |
| 1949 | 40 | — | #1,119 |
| 1948 | 36 | — | #1,205 |
| 1947 | 39 | — | #1,167 |
| 1946 | 30 | — | #1,285 |
| 1945 | 32 | — | #1,172 |
| 1944 | 28 | — | #1,268 |
| 1943 | 30 | — | #1,268 |
| 1942 | 24 | — | #1,441 |
| 1941 | 25 | — | #1,350 |
| 1940 | 32 | — | #1,195 |
| 1939 | 34 | — | #1,108 |
| 1938 | 36 | — | #1,082 |
| 1937 | 41 | — | #996 |
| 1936 | 27 | — | #1,281 |
| 1935 | 28 | — | #1,282 |
| 1934 | 33 | — | #1,158 |
| 1933 | 24 | — | #1,379 |
| 1932 | 38 | — | #1,099 |
| 1931 | 32 | — | #1,228 |
| 1930 | 37 | — | #1,161 |
| 1929 | 30 | — | #1,306 |
| 1928 | 43 | — | #1,068 |
| 1927 | 36 | — | #1,212 |
| 1926 | 35 | — | #1,233 |
| 1925 | 34 | — | #1,239 |
| 1924 | 32 | — | #1,310 |
| 1923 | 35 | — | #1,224 |
| 1922 | 34 | — | #1,247 |
| 1921 | 36 | — | #1,210 |
| 1920 | 28 | — | #1,405 |
| 1919 | 31 | — | #1,283 |
| 1918 | 24 | — | #1,515 |
| 1917 | 37 | — | #1,098 |
| 1916 | 26 | — | #1,355 |
| 1915 | 20 | — | #1,576 |
| 1914 | 13 | — | #1,820 |
| 1913 | 14 | — | #1,472 |
| 1912 | 17 | — | #1,152 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #1,459 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | #1,366 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #1,363 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,181 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,129 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | #872 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | #975 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,127 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | #1,099 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | #1,001 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,170 |