Linford — boys' name

What the Data Says About Linford

The Social Security Administration has registered 779 babies named Linford between 1896 and 2019, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Linford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Linford performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Linford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 142 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Linford in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Linford 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 779 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.