Gilford
Gilford was last recorded in 1984, when 5 babies were given it; 1,225 Americans have been recorded with it between 1884 and 1984 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gilford by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Gilford?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #6,674, in 1984; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
40 babies in 1922, the peak
Gilford peaked in 1922, when 40 boys were given it, #1,125 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 5 | #6,674 | 2.8 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,627 | 2.8 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,749 | 4.4 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,265 | 5.0 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,587 | 4.5 |
| 1975 | 8 | #4,075 | 5.1 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,495 | 3.2 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,913 | 7.7 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,754 | 4.9 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,600 | 3.4 |
Every recorded year (78)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 6 | #4,426 | 3.2 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,155 | 5.0 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,480 | 4.0 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,862 | 5.0 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,952 | 9.1 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,400 | 3.5 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,457 | 5.9 |
| 1962 | 22 | #1,723 | 10.6 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,461 | 5.6 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,160 | 7.0 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,884 | 8.9 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,975 | 8.0 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,979 | 7.9 |
| 1956 | 22 | #1,692 | 10.4 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,753 | 9.7 |
| 1954 | 20 | #1,726 | 9.8 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,731 | 10.1 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,768 | 9.8 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,656 | 11.2 |
| 1950 | 23 | #1,559 | 12.8 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,059 | 7.9 |
| 1948 | 21 | #1,627 | 12.0 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,192 | 7.1 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,463 | 6.2 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,550 | 14.1 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,029 | 9.5 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,863 | 11.2 |
| 1942 | 23 | #1,480 | 16.7 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,787 | 13.0 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,705 | 14.7 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,216 | 9.9 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,319 | 23.4 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,714 | 15.9 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,673 | 16.4 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,514 | 20.2 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,633 | 18.4 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,610 | 19.2 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,403 | 23.9 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,605 | 19.2 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,580 | 20.0 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,460 | 23.2 |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,430 | 24.4 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,492 | 23.1 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,626 | 19.8 |
| 1925 | 19 | #1,834 | 17.0 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,647 | 20.3 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,242 | 31.0 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,125 | 36.8 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,607 | 20.9 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,359 | 27.2 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,397 | 27.5 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,781 | 18.7 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,346 | 29.2 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,393 | 28.1 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,822 | 18.9 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,201 | 36.7 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,616 | 23.4 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,947 | 18.6 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,481 | 30.9 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,352 | 36.6 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,281 | 38.9 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,190 | 41.9 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,127 | 44.3 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,159 | 41.8 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,021 | 49.4 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,093 | 41.4 |
| 1887 | 5 | #982 | 49.3 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,036 | 43.7 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Gilford a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gilford has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 78 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Gilford: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gilford, and how old are they?
An estimated 382 Americans named Gilford and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (31% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 61 and 76. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 468 people named Gilford (5 women and girls, 463 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 474 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Gilford
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Gilford and names like it
- Compare Gilford and WinfredBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sGilford peaked in 1922.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gilford since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Gilford.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Gilford alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with GMost given first.