Gilford
Last seen for boys in 1984 at #6,315
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,225since 1884
Gilford over time
Rank among boys' names. Gilford has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #1,713 | 22 |
| 1961 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #1,865 | 19 |
| 1958 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1956 | #1,676 | 22 |
| 1955 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #1,706 | 20 |
| 1953 | #1,709 | 20 |
| 1952 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,643 | 21 |
| 1950 | #1,538 | 23 |
| 1949 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1947 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #1,467 | 23 |
| 1941 | #1,759 | 16 |
| 1940 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #1,310 | 26 |
| 1937 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,494 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,608 | 19 |
| 1933 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #1,387 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1929 | #1,443 | 25 |
| 1928 | #1,413 | 27 |
| 1927 | #1,468 | 26 |
| 1926 | #1,605 | 22 |
| 1925 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1924 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,235 | 34 |
| 1922 | #1,120 | 40 |
| 1921 | #1,588 | 23 |
| 1920 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1919 | #1,386 | 27 |
| 1918 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | #1,322 | 27 |
| 1916 | #1,374 | 25 |
| 1915 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | #1,188 | 24 |
| 1913 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
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| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Gilford! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1907, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Gilford
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1984
- Biggest drop: 110 spots in 1888 (#921 → #1,031)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1887 at #921 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1884–1891
- Highest: 1 in 20,238 boys born in 1891 were named Gilford (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 360,970 boys born in 1984 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #921 in 1887, was only 1 in 20,282 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.9% of all boys named Gilford (268) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #921 (1887) | #974 |
| 1890s | 15 | #963 (1891) | #1,040 |
| 1900s | 17 | #1,130 (1903) | #1,208 |
| 1910s | 164 | #1,188 (1914) | #1,523 |
| 1920s | 268 | #1,120 (1922) | #1,465 |
| 1930s | 197 | #1,310 (1938) | #1,602 |
| 1940s | 162 | #1,467 (1942) | #1,847 |
| 1950s | 198 | #1,538 (1950) | #1,752 |
| 1960s | 110 | #1,713 (1962) | #2,563 |
| 1970s | 52 | #2,857 (1973) | #4,096 |
| 1980s | 27 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,320 |
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.
Gilford in 1887
Top boys' names in 1887
More about 1887
boys
101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 20,282 of them was named Gilford, which outranked 13.7% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 146 names at #921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.