Glenford — boys' name

What the Data Says About Glenford

The Social Security Administration has registered 487 babies named Glenford between 1913 and 2001, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Glenford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Glenford performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Glenford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Glenford in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Glenford 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 487 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.