Haywood is a boy name with a rare feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Haywood means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Haywood across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Haywood has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Haywood is a boy name of Old English origin meaning “hedged wood, enclosed forest”. An English place-name surname used as a given name.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 6,541 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 3 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Haywood per year, United States (1880 to 2025). United States peaked in 1919 (137/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2010 (3/yr).
Haywood is an uncommon baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1919, when it ranked #1,098 nationally (given to 137 babies that year).
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