Gifford
Last seen for boys in 2017 at #10,775
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,452since 1891
Gifford over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gifford has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #2,044 | 16 |
| 1962 | #1,669 | 23 |
| 1961 | #1,997 | 17 |
| 1960 | #1,728 | 22 |
| 1959 | #1,916 | 18 |
| 1958 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1957 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1956 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1955 | #1,503 | 26 |
| 1954 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1952 | #1,582 | 23 |
| 1951 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1947 | #1,599 | 22 |
| 1946 | #1,440 | 24 |
| 1945 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #1,300 | 26 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,481 | 21 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #1,461 | 22 |
| 1933 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,548 | 21 |
| 1931 | #1,217 | 32 |
| 1930 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1929 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #1,748 | 20 |
| 1926 | #1,264 | 33 |
| 1925 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | #1,287 | 32 |
| 1923 | #1,235 | 34 |
| 1922 | #1,196 | 36 |
| 1921 | #1,509 | 25 |
| 1920 | #1,119 | 40 |
| 1919 | #1,408 | 26 |
| 1918 | #1,539 | 23 |
| 1917 | #1,396 | 25 |
| 1916 | #1,505 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,342 | 25 |
| 1914 | #1,342 | 20 |
| 1913 | #930 | 28 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1891
The first year at least five boys were named Gifford! It came in at #841, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1897, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Gifford
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Biggest jump: 338 spots in 1913 (#1,268 → #930)
- Biggest drop: 412 spots in 1914 (#930 → #1,342)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1898 at #804 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1891–1913
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,336
- Highest: 1 in 15,336 boys born in 1898 were named Gifford (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 308,493 boys born in 2017 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 19.4% of all boys named Gifford (281) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 19 | #804 (1898) | #901 |
| 1900s | 21 | #1,217 (1908) | #1,328 |
| 1910s | 196 | #930 (1913) | #1,358 |
| 1920s | 281 | #1,119 (1920) | #1,446 |
| 1930s | 194 | #1,217 (1931) | #1,648 |
| 1940s | 186 | #1,300 (1941) | #1,704 |
| 1950s | 190 | #1,503 (1955) | #1,830 |
| 1960s | 144 | #1,669 (1962) | #2,299 |
| 1970s | 98 | #2,819 (1972) | #3,481 |
| 1980s | 80 | #3,838 (1980) | #4,928 |
| 1990s | 27 | #6,128 (1992) | #7,318 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 16 | #10,775 (2017) | #11,673 |
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.
Gifford in 1898
boys
#804
8 births · 1 in 15,336 boys
Top boys' names in 1898
More about 1898
boys
122,685 boys got a published name in 1898; 1 in 15,336 of them was named Gifford, which outranked 37.6% of the 1,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).