Beauford

Last seen for girls in 1921 at #5,099 · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #10,605
Given to boys 99.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1934 · 34 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,016
since 1905

Beauford over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Beauford has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #1,133, 1934boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020#10,6056
2019
2018
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2015
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1982#6,3855
1981#5,4686
1980
1979#6,0565
1978
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1976
1975#3,9418
1974
1973#4,0547
1972
1971
1970
1969#3,9356
1968#4,1365
1967#3,9665
1966#3,2497
1965
1964#3,2827
1963#3,0448
1962#3,0418
1961#3,3567
1960#2,31513
1959#2,41412
1958#3,2757
1957#2,27413
1956
1955#3,5056
1954#3,1767
1953#2,53110
1952#2,07314
1951#1,90416
1950#2,01914
1949#1,70219
1948#2,21812
1947#2,35611
1946#1,75917
1945#2,24210
1944#2,08012
1943#1,91015
1942#2,04213
1941#2,08312
1940#1,39723
1939#1,87914
1938#1,47621
1937#1,34425
1936#1,63917
1935#1,65618
1934#1,13334
1933#1,45622
1932#1,32427
1931#1,48922
1930#1,82117
1929#1,41326
1928#1,38228
1927#1,95917
1926#1,43226
1925#1,39028
1924#1,26333
1923#1,30031
1922#1,28232
1921#5,0995#1,32931
1920#4,9755#1,25233
1919#1,26431
1918#1,64821
1917#1,39625
1916#1,24029
1915#1,87815
1914#1,77213
1913#1,67611
1912#1,35313
1911#1,7405
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1905#1,2335
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First appearance
1905

The first year at least five boys were named Beauford! It came in at #1,233, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1905–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Beauford
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1905
  • Peaked 1934 at #1,133 (34 births)
  • Births halved by 1936, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 26,461
  • Highest: 1 in 26,461 boys born in 1905 were named Beauford (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287,679 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,133 in 1934, was only 1 in 30,370 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 28.1% of all boys named Beauford (285) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#1,233 (1905)#1,233
1910s163#1,240 (1916)#1,552
1920s285#1,252 (1920)#1,400
1930s217#1,133 (1934)#1,522
1940s144#1,397 (1940)#1,979
1950s99#1,904 (1951)#2,575
1960s66#2,315 (1960)#3,369
1970s20#3,941 (1975)#4,684
1980s11#5,468 (1981)#5,927
1990s0
2000s0
2010s0
2020s6#10,605 (2020)#10,605

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Beauford in 1905

boys
#1,233
5 births · 1 in 26,461 boys

Top boys' names in 1905

  1. #1John8,059
  2. #2William6,495
  3. #3James6,042
  4. #4George4,256
  5. #5Charles3,608
  6. #6Robert3,410
  7. #7Joseph3,302
  8. #8Frank2,837
  9. #9Edward2,366
  10. #10Thomas2,135
  11. #1,233Beauford5
More about 1905

boys

132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 26,461 of them was named Beauford, which outranked 13.2% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beauford
  1. #1,091Winton6
  2. #1,091York6
  3. #1,091Zeke6
  4. #1,233Beauford5
  5. #1,233Abbie5
  6. #1,233Abie5
  7. #1,233Albion5

Tied with 188 names at #1,233; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. 590Ludwig#1,205#615
  2. 539Domenick#1,205#666
  3. 506Cloyd#1,205#699
  4. 506Conley#1,205#699
  5. 506Elgin#1,205#699
Fallers
  1. 621Urban#612#1,233
  2. 586Sammy#647#1,233
  3. 576Randall#515#1,091
  4. 553Santiago#538#1,091
  5. 547Duane#686#1,233

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1905