Tilford

Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270

Peak · boys
1883 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
640
since 1883

Tilford over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201883peak #892, 1883boys
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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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1988#7,2705
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1978#4,5547
1977#4,1648
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1975#4,7976
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1973#5,1015
1972#3,3449
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1970#4,7245
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1968#3,3657
1967#3,2317
1966#3,2497
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1963#3,0448
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1961#2,70610
1960#3,3377
1959#3,9885
1958#2,8189
1957#3,5526
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1955#2,7649
1954#2,9428
1953#2,39111
1952#3,3736
1951#3,7145
1950#3,3296
1949#2,6069
1948#2,11513
1947#2,49810
1946#2,14312
1945#1,92613
1944#2,19511
1943#2,27711
1942#2,14512
1941#2,8727
1940#2,8717
1939#1,53219
1938#2,8687
1937#1,82815
1936#3,5495
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1934#2,5639
1933#2,21411
1932#2,19112
1931#1,84316
1930#2,29312
1929#1,67220
1928#2,38712
1927#2,9129
1926#3,1398
1925#1,62822
1924#2,04316
1923#2,02016
1922#1,36729
1921#2,50212
1920#1,88518
1919#1,81118
1918#1,71020
1917#1,81517
1916#2,04314
1915#2,07013
1914#2,4578
1913#1,9459
1912#2,0457
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1883#8925
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First appearance
1883

The first year at least five boys were named Tilford! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Tilford is popular in 1883

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Tilford
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1883 at #892 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 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 · 1883
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,925
  • Highest: 1 in 20,925 boys born in 1883 were named Tilford (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 382,857 boys born in 1988 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 25.3% of all boys named Tilford (162) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#892 (1883)#892
1890s0——
1900s0——
1910s106#1,710 (1918)#1,987
1920s162#1,367 (1922)#2,156
1930s106#1,532 (1939)#2,320
1940s105#1,926 (1945)#2,365
1950s65#2,391 (1953)#3,208
1960s46#2,706 (1961)#3,155
1970s40#3,344 (1972)#4,447
1980s5#7,270 (1988)#7,270

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.

Tilford in 1883

boys
#892
5 births · 1 in 20,925 boys

Top boys' names in 1883

  1. #1John8,894
  2. #2William8,387
  3. #3James5,223
  4. #4Charles4,826
  5. #5George4,736
  6. #6Frank2,986
  7. #7Joseph2,515
  8. #8Henry2,383
  9. #9Robert2,334
  10. #10Thomas2,316
  11. #892Tilford5
More about 1883

boys

104,625 boys got a published name in 1883; 1 in 20,925 of them was named Tilford, which outranked 13.4% of the 1,030 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tilford
  1. #799Wyatt6
  2. #799Zeke6
  3. #799Zeno6
  4. #892Tilford5
  5. #892Albertus5
  6. #892Alcide5
  7. #892Alec5

Tied with 138 names at #892; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. ↑ 416Sumner#943 → #527
  2. ↑ 377Alf#837 → #460
  3. ↑ 358Arlie#837 → #479
  4. ↑ 358Everette#837 → #479
  5. ↑ 346Ocie#943 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Morton#370 → #799
  2. ↓ 423Saul#469 → #892
  3. ↓ 403Pierce#489 → #892
  4. ↓ 378Bryant#514 → #892
  5. ↓ 352Buck#540 → #892

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

See the top 100 for 1883 →