Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Wilford

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

Endangered Down 98.2% from peak

Peak era

1926

Peak rank proxy

276

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19262024

Peak year

1926

Decline from peak

98.2%

2024

All-time

10,433

Wilford once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1926, when 276 boys were named Wilford.

In 2024, only 5 boys were given the name.

Down 98.2% from its peak.

All told, about 10,433 Americans have been named Wilford and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.2% from peak

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