boys:
146 births since 1913
#4440 (3rd percentile)
overall:
146 births since 1913
#7593 (2nd percentile)
The name Willford is the #7,593 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 146 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,440 (3.1% percentile) for all time with 146 births since 1913.
Willford first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (first recorded for boys in 1913). Birth data for Willford is available in 22 out of the 36 years between 1913 and 1948. 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, Willford reached its peak popularity in 1942, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #545) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1913, with 13 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1948.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Willford".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Willford. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.9% confident that Willford is pronounced as WIHL-ferd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is WIHL-ford, at 18.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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