Seward is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Seward is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1976. Seward first appears in 1881 and peaked in 1915 (26 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | — | #6,339 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #3,907 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | #3,494 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #4,522 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | #3,611 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #4,390 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | #3,464 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #3,661 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #4,123 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #4,134 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #3,282 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | #3,066 |
| 1946 | 10 | — | #2,518 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #2,961 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | #3,971 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #3,969 |
| 1941 | 10 | — | #2,468 |
| 1940 | 17 | — | #1,731 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #3,435 |
| 1938 | 11 | — | #2,305 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | #2,457 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | #3,489 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | #3,594 |
| 1934 | 10 | — | #2,538 |
| 1933 | 13 | — | #2,081 |
| 1932 | 7 | — | #3,326 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | #3,354 |
| 1930 | 12 | — | #2,431 |
| 1929 | 12 | — | #2,441 |
| 1928 | 16 | — | #2,035 |
| 1927 | 10 | — | #2,882 |
| 1926 | 12 | — | #2,544 |
| 1925 | 16 | — | #2,073 |
| 1924 | 21 | — | #1,771 |
| 1923 | 12 | — | #2,591 |
| 1922 | 16 | — | #2,131 |
| 1921 | 13 | — | #2,486 |
| 1920 | 13 | — | #2,438 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | #2,048 |
| 1918 | 15 | — | #2,147 |
| 1917 | 17 | — | #1,889 |
| 1916 | 17 | — | #1,837 |
| 1915 | 26 | — | #1,335 |
| 1914 | 18 | — | #1,480 |
| 1913 | 14 | — | #1,492 |
| 1912 | 14 | — | #1,340 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #1,960 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #1,655 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | #1,081 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,193 |
| 1900 | 10 | — | #896 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,246 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,218 |
| 1894 | 10 | — | #722 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,232 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #1,103 |
| 1882 | 7 | — | #825 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | #982 |