Masculine dossier · first seen 1885

Radford

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Radford
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1935

Peak era

1935

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Silent Generation

1885Peak 19352024

Peak year

1935

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,198

Radford is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1935, when 26 boys were named Radford.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,198 Americans have been named Radford and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1885.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1935

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