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How popular is “Heyward” in the USA?

Number of people named “Heyward” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Heyward” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Heyward” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Heyward” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Heyward” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Heyward” by birth year

This chart shows how “Heyward” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1902 7 0.0000181 7 -100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 17 0.000017205 17 -100%
1913 14 0.000012312 14 -100%
1914 13 0.000009179 13 -100%
1915 20 0.000010914 20 -100%
1916 26 0.000013441 26 -100%
1917 37 0.000018438 37 -100%
1918 24 0.000011054 24 -100%
1919 31 0.00001469 31 -100%
1920 28 0.000012375 28 -100%
1921 36 0.000015421 36 -100%
1922 34 0.000014853 34 -100%
1923 35 0.000015201 35 -100%
1924 32 0.000013436 32 -100%
1925 34 0.000014572 34 -100%
1926 35 0.000015245 35 -100%
1927 36 0.000015522 36 -100%
1928 43 0.000019019 43 -100%
1929 30 0.000013685 30 -100%
1930 37 0.000016642 37 -100%
1931 32 0.000015206 32 -100%
1932 38 0.000017998 38 -100%
1933 24 0.000012003 24 -100%
1934 33 0.00001589 33 -100%
1935 28 0.000013398 28 -100%
1936 27 0.000012996 27 -100%
1937 41 0.000019243 41 -100%
1938 36 0.000016271 36 -100%
1939 34 0.00001543 34 -100%
1940 32 0.000013897 32 -100%
1941 25 0.000010261 25 -100%
1942 24 0.000008785 24 -100%
1943 30 0.000010629 30 -100%
1944 28 0.000010409 28 -100%
1945 32 0.000012062 32 -100%
1946 30 0.000009389 30 -100%
1947 39 0.000010826 39 -100%
1948 36 0.000010427 36 -100%
1949 40 0.000011478 40 -100%
1950 34 0.000009705 34 -100%
1951 30 0.000008144 30 -100%
1952 30 0.000007899 30 -100%
1953 29 0.000007525 29 -100%
1954 32 0.000008039 32 -100%
1955 33 0.000008219 33 -100%
1956 28 0.000006791 28 -100%
1957 35 0.000008329 35 -100%
1958 20 0.000004838 20 -100%
1959 30 0.000007215 30 -100%
1960 27 0.0000065 27 -100%
1961 25 0.000006035 25 -100%
1962 15 0.000003717 15 -100%
1963 19 0.0000048 19 -100%
1964 21 0.000005402 21 -100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 -100%
1966 16 0.000004603 16 -100%
1967 14 0.000004124 14 -100%
1968 16 0.000004736 16 -100%
1969 21 0.000006043 21 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 -100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 -100%
1976 11 0.000003625 11 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 -100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 -100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2015 8 0.000002162 8 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 -100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 -100%

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