Wilford

The name Wilford is the #2,602 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,433 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 66.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 66.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,144 (75.1% percentile) for all time with 10,428 births since 1880. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1925.

Wilford has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1925 for girls). Birth data for Wilford is available in 141 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (141 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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.

The name Wilford has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 100.0% of all recorded births being male.

For boys, Wilford reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 41.7% percentile (ranked #310) with 258 births per million. The name was most common in 1911, with 286 births per million (ranked 21.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Wilford ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 1.9% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Wilford reached its peak popularity in 1925, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #614) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1925, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1925.