boys:
589 births since 1885
#3997 (13th percentile)
overall:
589 births since 1885
#7150 (8th percentile)
The name Guilford is the #7,150 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 589 recorded births since 1885. This represents the 7.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,997 (12.8% percentile) for all time with 589 births since 1885.
Guilford first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1885 (first recorded for boys in 1885). Birth data for Guilford is available in 53 out of the 89 years between 1885 and 1973. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Guilford reached its peak popularity in 1913, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #395) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1890, with 67 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1973.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Guilford".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Guilford. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.8% confident that Guilford is pronounced as GIHL-ferd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is GEEL-ferd, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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