Ward is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5087 for boy births in the United States, given to 58 babies. Ward first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1961 (341 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #5,087 |
| 2024 | 44 | #6,172 |
| 2023 | 49 | #5,744 |
| 2022 | 59 | #5,055 |
| 2021 | 44 | #6,079 |
| 2020 | 47 | #5,732 |
| 2019 | 46 | #5,920 |
| 2018 | 50 | #5,563 |
| 2017 | 53 | #5,351 |
| 2016 | 54 | #5,300 |
| 2015 | 39 | #6,620 |
| 2014 | 30 | #7,923 |
| 2013 | 30 | #7,892 |
| 2012 | 25 | #9,117 |
| 2011 | 17 | #11,809 |
| 2010 | 18 | #11,501 |
| 2009 | 11 | #16,397 |
| 2008 | 20 | #10,881 |
| 2007 | 12 | #15,457 |
| 2006 | 19 | #10,876 |
| 2005 | 23 | #9,082 |
| 2004 | 10 | #15,886 |
| 2003 | 17 | #10,753 |
| 2002 | 14 | #12,031 |
| 2001 | 17 | #10,384 |
| 2000 | 16 | #10,628 |
| 1999 | 19 | #8,949 |
| 1998 | 23 | #7,678 |
| 1997 | 20 | #8,157 |
| 1996 | 21 | #7,747 |
| 1995 | 17 | #8,754 |
| 1994 | 15 | #9,650 |
| 1993 | 23 | #7,085 |
| 1992 | 24 | #6,834 |
| 1991 | 20 | #7,613 |
| 1990 | 33 | #5,263 |
| 1989 | 28 | #5,673 |
| 1988 | 28 | #5,366 |
| 1987 | 32 | #4,672 |
| 1986 | 35 | #4,306 |
| 1985 | 34 | #4,335 |
| 1984 | 29 | #4,697 |
| 1983 | 41 | #3,645 |
| 1982 | 43 | #3,605 |
| 1981 | 32 | #4,395 |
| 1980 | 45 | #3,484 |
| 1979 | 35 | #4,055 |
| 1978 | 43 | #3,427 |
| 1977 | 56 | #2,867 |
| 1976 | 66 | #2,467 |
| 1975 | 49 | #2,947 |
| 1974 | 61 | #2,527 |
| 1973 | 62 | #2,442 |
| 1972 | 94 | #1,921 |
| 1971 | 94 | #1,973 |
| 1970 | 129 | #1,655 |
| 1969 | 131 | #1,574 |
| 1968 | 141 | #1,458 |
| 1967 | 183 | #1,248 |
| 1966 | 200 | #1,208 |
| 1965 | 172 | #1,311 |
| 1964 | 244 | #1,137 |
| 1963 | 282 | #1,045 |
| 1962 | 263 | #1,085 |
| 1961 | 341 | #944 |
| 1960 | 283 | #1,045 |
| 1959 | 253 | #1,095 |
| 1958 | 246 | #1,099 |
| 1957 | 174 | #1,316 |
| 1956 | 193 | #1,211 |
| 1955 | 197 | #1,165 |
| 1954 | 196 | #1,158 |
| 1953 | 207 | #1,097 |
| 1952 | 180 | #1,159 |
| 1951 | 200 | #1,074 |
| 1950 | 167 | #1,161 |
| 1949 | 183 | #1,080 |
| 1948 | 204 | #1,030 |
| 1947 | 218 | #1,013 |
| 1946 | 219 | #954 |
| 1945 | 155 | #1,039 |
| 1944 | 167 | #1,010 |
| 1943 | 177 | #1,004 |
| 1942 | 158 | #1,049 |
| 1941 | 139 | #1,062 |
| 1940 | 142 | #1,037 |
| 1939 | 154 | #976 |
| 1938 | 175 | #917 |
| 1937 | 149 | #979 |
| 1936 | 140 | #1,004 |
| 1935 | 157 | #941 |
| 1934 | 187 | #862 |
| 1933 | 164 | #913 |
| 1932 | 169 | #910 |
| 1931 | 179 | #878 |
| 1930 | 223 | #812 |
| 1929 | 192 | #889 |
| 1928 | 188 | #920 |
| 1927 | 230 | #833 |
| 1926 | 220 | #854 |
| 1925 | 256 | #791 |
| 1924 | 276 | #770 |
| 1923 | 271 | #763 |
| 1922 | 323 | #689 |
| 1921 | 273 | #772 |
| 1920 | 286 | #735 |
| 1919 | 243 | #785 |
| 1918 | 258 | #768 |
| 1917 | 242 | #761 |
| 1916 | 216 | #803 |
| 1915 | 237 | #736 |
| 1914 | 193 | #714 |
| 1913 | 150 | #735 |
| 1912 | 114 | #798 |
| 1911 | 77 | #773 |
| 1910 | 50 | #946 |
| 1909 | 40 | #994 |
| 1908 | 42 | #920 |
| 1907 | 32 | #1,061 |
| 1906 | 34 | #960 |
| 1905 | 31 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 39 | #854 |
| 1903 | 40 | #807 |
| 1902 | 46 | #738 |
| 1901 | 25 | #996 |
| 1900 | 43 | #843 |
| 1899 | 48 | #658 |
| 1898 | 28 | #972 |
| 1897 | 28 | #922 |
| 1896 | 41 | #737 |
| 1895 | 48 | #661 |
| 1894 | 31 | #834 |
| 1893 | 30 | #821 |
| 1892 | 50 | #628 |
| 1891 | 37 | #678 |
| 1890 | 37 | #700 |
| 1889 | 32 | #727 |
| 1888 | 29 | #796 |
| 1887 | 23 | #804 |
| 1886 | 25 | #770 |
| 1885 | 23 | #799 |
| 1884 | 38 | #599 |
| 1883 | 27 | #671 |
| 1882 | 30 | #633 |
| 1881 | 37 | #525 |
| 1880 | 30 | #595 |