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Ward Name Popularity

How popular is the name Ward? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 5 0.0014%
1911 — 14 0.0038%
1912 — 79 0.0157%
1913 — 95 0.0168%
1914 — 146 0.0209%
1915 — 182 0.02%
1916 — 166 0.0172%
1917 — 194 0.0194%
1918 — 189 0.0176%
1919 — 184 0.0176%
1920 — 243 0.0219%
1921 — 230 0.0201%
1922 — 283 0.0254%
1923 — 224 0.02%
1924 — 236 0.0203%
1925 — 209 0.0185%
1926 — 159 0.0145%
1927 — 187 0.0169%
1928 — 129 0.0121%
1929 — 140 0.0135%
1930 — 172 0.0165%
1931 — 128 0.013%
1932 — 104 0.0105%
1933 — 96 0.0103%
1934 — 129 0.0133%
1935 — 96 0.0099%
1936 — 74 0.0077%
1937 — 95 0.0096%
1938 — 103 0.0101%
1939 — 85 0.0084%
1940 — 73 0.0069%
1941 — 82 0.0073%
1942 — 100 0.0079%
1943 — 123 0.0094%
1944 — 102 0.0082%
1945 — 93 0.0076%
1946 — 161 0.0109%
1947 — 165 0.0099%
1948 — 137 0.0086%
1949 — 127 0.0079%
1950 — 91 0.0057%
1951 — 138 0.0081%
1952 — 109 0.0062%
1953 — 134 0.0076%
1954 — 133 0.0073%
1955 — 137 0.0074%
1956 — 117 0.0062%
1957 — 97 0.005%
1958 — 185 0.0098%
1959 — 192 0.0101%
1960 — 231 0.0122%
1961 — 281 0.0149%
1962 — 203 0.0111%
1963 — 217 0.0121%
1964 — 185 0.0105%
1965 — 97 0.0059%
1966 — 150 0.0096%
1967 — 125 0.0082%
1968 — 69 0.0046%
1969 — 71 0.0046%
1970 — 70 0.0044%
1971 — 35 0.0023%
1972 — 31 0.0023%
1973 — 17 0.0013%
1974 — 6 0.0005%
1975 — 0 0%
1976 — 6 0.0005%
1977 — 5 0.0004%
1978 — 0 0%
1979 — 0 0%
1980 — 0 0%
1981 — 0 0%
1982 — 5 0.0003%
1983 — 5 0.0003%
1984 — 6 0.0004%
1985 — 0 0%
1986 — 5 0.0003%
1987 — 0 0%
1988 — 0 0%
1989 — 0 0%
1990 — 5 0.0003%
1991 — 0 0%
1992 — 0 0%
1993 — 0 0%
1994 — 0 0%
1995 — 0 0%
1996 — 0 0%
1997 — 0 0%
1998 — 0 0%
1999 — 0 0%
2000 — 0 0%
2001 — 0 0%
2002 — 0 0%
2003 — 0 0%
2004 — 0 0%
2005 — 0 0%
2006 — 0 0%
2007 — 0 0%
2008 — 0 0%
2009 — 0 0%
2010 — 0 0%
2011 — 0 0%
2012 — 0 0%
2013 — 0 0%
2014 — 0 0%
2015 — 0 0%
2016 — 5 0.0003%
2017 — 0 0%
2018 — 0 0%
2019 — 0 0%
2020 — 5 0.0004%
2021 — 0 0%
2022 — 6 0.0005%
2023 — 10 0.0008%

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What names are variants of Ward?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Warde

Watchman

English

Warden

Watchman

English

Worden

Watchman

English


What names sound like Ward?

If you like how Ward sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Ward.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Aart

Celtic

Ard

Great forest

Latin

Eward

Brave, strong boar

English

Farid

Exceptional, unequaled; wide

Indian (Sanskrit)

Ferd

Bold voyager

German

Ford

River crossing

English

Jarad

Descending

Hebrew

Jared

Descent

Hebrew

Jarid

Descending

Hebrew

Jarod

Descending; down-flowing

Hebrew

Jaryd

Descending

Hebrew


What names are similar to Ward?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Howard

Noble watchman

English


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