Hansford

Last seen for boys in 1974 at #5,227

Peak · boys
1882 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
587
since 1882

Hansford over time

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Rank among boys' names. Hansford has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #837, 1882boys
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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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1974#5,2275
1973#4,5056
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1971#4,9075
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1965#3,5376
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1962#2,67310
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1960#4,0385
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1958#3,9445
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1956#2,7989
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1954#3,4526
1953#2,53110
1952#3,3736
1951#3,7145
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1949#3,0197
1948#2,32611
1947#2,6719
1946#2,27111
1945#1,77215
1944#2,4679
1943#2,27711
1942#2,38610
1941#1,82115
1940#2,17911
1939#2,28810
1938#2,18511
1937#2,19711
1936#1,58718
1935#2,39610
1934#3,2776
1933#2,21411
1932#2,31311
1931#2,32811
1930#3,0228
1929#1,79318
1928#2,27013
1927#1,87118
1926#2,30213
1925#2,43512
1924#1,89418
1923#1,87418
1922#1,95217
1921#1,70321
1920#2,05216
1919#1,69520
1918#1,90517
1917#1,52822
1916#2,9268
1915#1,70717
1914#1,97511
1913#2,2737
1912#1,61910
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1909#1,2776
1908#1,3735
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1882#8376
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Hansford! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hansford
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1974
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #837 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1882
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,948
  • Highest: 1 in 18,948 boys born in 1882 were named Hansford (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 314,467 boys born in 1974 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 27.9% of all boys named Hansford (164) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#837 (1882)#837
1890s0
1900s11#1,277 (1909)#1,325
1910s112#1,528 (1917)#1,954
1920s164#1,703 (1921)#2,015
1930s107#1,587 (1936)#2,381
1940s109#1,772 (1945)#2,319
1950s41#2,531 (1953)#3,302
1960s21#2,673 (1962)#3,416
1970s16#4,505 (1973)#4,880

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.

Hansford in 1882

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#837
6 births · 1 in 18,948 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #837Hansford6
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 18,948 of them was named Hansford, which outranked 23.8% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hansford
  1. #754Wheeler7
  2. #754Williams7
  3. #754Worth7
  4. #837Hansford6
  5. #837Addie6
  6. #837Alan6
  7. #837Alberto6
  8. #943Ab5
  9. #943Adolf5
  10. #943Alby5

Tied with 105 names at #837; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. 467Clarance#866#399
  2. 429Webster#866#437
  3. 365Neil#781#416
  4. 352Cliff#866#514
  5. 352Elmore#866#514
Fallers
  1. 501Verne#442#943
  2. 483Newell#460#943
  3. 456Merritt#487#943
  4. 440Solon#503#943
  5. 395Almon#442#837

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

See the top 100 for 1882