Hansford

Where Hansford comes from

Hansford hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1882
    Debut at its peak, #837
    #837 among boys with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1924
    Hansford Rowe born
    American actor
  4. 1936
    Hansford T. Johnson born
    American government official, retired United States Air Force general
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Hansford T. Johnson · American government official, retired United States Air Force general, born 1936
  • Hansford Rowe · American actor, 1924–2017

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.