Gifford — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gifford

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,452 babies named Gifford between 1891 and 2017, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gifford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gifford performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 281 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Gifford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Gifford in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gifford in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,452 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.