Langford — boys' name
81 babies named Langford in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1943. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Langford was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Langford in 1943 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Langford
The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Langford between 1914 and 1963, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Langford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Langford performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Langford shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Langford 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 81 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.
Langford at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Langford popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1914
- Peak year (1943)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
81 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1943 with 7 births in a single year.
Langford by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 22 births that decade — 27% of Langford's all-time total
Langford decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Langford's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.