Lynford — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lynford

The Social Security Administration has registered 328 babies named Lynford between 1913 and 2023, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lynford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynford performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Lynford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lynford in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lynford 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 328 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.