Ward
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Ward
Until recently Ward was, like Wally, a Cleaver name, but today's parents are seeing it as a cooler nickname for Edward than Eddie, and are also beginning to use it on its own.
Ward is also given to girls, where it ranks #7863 in the US.
Pronounced WARD.
As of October 2026, Ward ranked #7863 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #5142 in 1916.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,611 | 30 | 15.6 |
| 2015 | #3,978 | 27 | 14.1 |
| 2016 | #2,622 | 48 | 25.3 |
| 2017 | #2,793 | 44 | 23.8 |
| 2018 | #2,989 | 40 | 22 |
| 2019 | #3,487 | 33 | 18.4 |
| 2020 | #2,687 | 47 | 27.2 |
| 2021 | #2,859 | 44 | 25.2 |
| 2022 | #2,557 | 54 | 30.9 |
| 2023 | #2,941 | 43 | 25.1 |
| 2024 | #3,316 | 36 | 20.9 |
| 2025 | #2,877 | 44 | 25.8 |
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Ward on lists
Famous Wards
- Wardell Edwin "Ward" BondBoy
American character actor
- John Edward "Ward" Burton IIIBoy
American NASCAR driver
- Ward LeRoy ChurchillBoy
American author and political activist
- Ward Charles Kelley (b. 2016)Boy
son of American singer,songwriter Charles Kelley
Ward in pop culture
- Ward CleaverBoy
dad on TV's "Leave It to Beaver"
- Ward NelsonBoy
character in movie "North"
- Ward ZabacBoy
side,character on "Final Fantasy VIII"
- Ward EarpBoy
great,grandson of Wyatt Earp on TV's "Wynonna Earp"
- Grant WardBoy
a character in MARVEL's Agent's of Shield TV show