Deward · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1903

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 68 recorded years as a table

Deward, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1903	50
1905	38
1906	45
1907	41
1908	39
1910	51
1911	44
1912	35
1913	27
1914	32
1915	48
1916	40
1917	31
1918	39
1919	50
1920	44
1921	40
1922	42
1923	46
1924	57
1925	30
1926	40
1927	28
1928	29
1929	22
1930	26
1931	31
1932	24
1933	28
1934	25
1935	32
1936	14
1937	26
1938	23
1939	21
1940	19
1941	21
1942	14
1943	15
1944	17
1945	13
1946	12
1947	13
1948	11
1949	12
1950	5
1951	7
1952	4
1953	6
1954	6
1955	5
1956	6
1957	7
1958	6
1959	2
1961	3
1962	5
1963	5
1964	3
1965	5
1966	5
1968	3
1971	5
1972	4
1975	4
1978	3
1979	5
1981	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Deward isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1981: 5
Rank in 1981: #6,262
How rare: 1 in 358,235 boys
Since 1903: 1,393

Deward was last recorded in 1981. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1924, at 57 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Deward doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.