Meaning and history
Haywood is an English given name transferred from a surname and place name. It combines Old English heg, “hay,” with wudu, “wood,” or may refer to an enclosed woodland where hay was gathered. Several English places independently produced the surname. As a first name it became especially established in the United States. Notable bearers include American jazz saxophonist Haywood Henry and American basketball player Haywood Highsmith.
20062006: 8 births, rank #8,732
2007: 9 births, rank #8,173
2008: 10 births, rank #7,698
2009: 10 births, rank #7,692
2010: 5 births, rank #12,231
20112011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: 7 births, rank #9,709
2013: 16 births, rank #5,404
2014: 10 births, rank #7,562
2015: 13 births, rank #6,324
20162016: 10 births, rank #7,605
2017: 7 births, rank #9,696
2018: 12 births, rank #6,703
2019: 6 births, rank #10,803
2020: 9 births, rank #8,067
20212021: 5 births, rank #12,146
2022: 10 births, rank #7,768
2023: 10 births, rank #7,738
2024: 13 births, rank #6,469
20252025: 12 births, rank #6,803
Haywood moved from #888 to #949 for boys between 1963 and 1965. Its highest annual birth count came in 1919, with 137 births.