Radford
Radford was given to 6 boys in 2025, #11,676 among boys’ names; 1,204 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Radford by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Radford?
#11,676 among boys’ names, 2025
Radford fell from #9,363 in 2015 to #11,676 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 4.2 to 3.5 per million.
26 babies in 1935, the peak
Radford peaked in 1935, when 26 boys were given it, #1,346 among boys’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 23% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #11,676 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 6 | #11,919 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 7 | #10,591 | 4.0 |
| 2021 | 6 | #11,799 | 3.4 |
| 2020 | 6 | #11,661 | 3.5 |
| 2019 | 6 | #11,800 | 3.3 |
| 2018 | 6 | #11,805 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 5 | #13,778 | 2.7 |
| 2016 | 8 | #9,465 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 8 | #9,363 | 4.2 |
Every recorded year (97)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | #11,787 | 3.1 |
| 2013 | 7 | #10,462 | 3.7 |
| 2012 | 6 | #11,916 | 3.2 |
| 2010 | 6 | #11,837 | 3.1 |
| 1994 | 7 | #7,553 | 3.6 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,410 | 6.4 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,976 | 3.4 |
| 1989 | 5 | #8,915 | 2.5 |
| 1988 | 9 | #5,111 | 4.7 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,855 | 4.8 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,460 | 5.0 |
| 1983 | 7 | #5,337 | 3.9 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,404 | 5.0 |
| 1979 | 7 | #5,228 | 4.1 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,330 | 7.3 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,421 | 7.0 |
| 1975 | 6 | #5,294 | 3.8 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,514 | 4.5 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,941 | 3.8 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,785 | 8.0 |
| 1971 | 11 | #3,097 | 6.2 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,599 | 7.5 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,256 | 5.0 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,168 | 8.6 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,959 | 9.7 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,585 | 6.2 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,707 | 11.8 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,839 | 10.0 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,181 | 7.4 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,475 | 5.8 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,124 | 7.5 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,508 | 5.6 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,956 | 8.4 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,150 | 7.1 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,619 | 11.6 |
| 1956 | 21 | #1,756 | 9.9 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,774 | 9.7 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,188 | 6.9 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,818 | 9.6 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,793 | 9.8 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,342 | 6.4 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,006 | 8.4 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,744 | 10.7 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,095 | 8.0 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,229 | 7.1 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,008 | 8.6 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,910 | 10.4 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,668 | 13.2 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,158 | 9.1 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,848 | 11.6 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,518 | 17.1 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,631 | 7.8 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,622 | 16.3 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,609 | 8.1 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,620 | 17.8 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,044 | 12.5 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,346 | 25.0 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,098 | 12.6 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,073 | 13.1 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,072 | 13.4 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,438 | 10.6 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,151 | 12.8 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,075 | 13.9 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,811 | 17.2 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,109 | 14.2 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,694 | 9.9 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,621 | 20.6 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,716 | 19.4 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,742 | 19.2 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,940 | 16.5 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,578 | 21.8 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,426 | 12.2 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,236 | 14.3 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,696 | 20.7 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,741 | 20.5 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,830 | 19.1 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,946 | 17.7 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,594 | 12.2 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,731 | 11.7 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,015 | 18.6 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,940 | 22.1 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,378 | 37.6 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,268 | 41.9 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,459 | 33.2 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,216 | 41.0 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,123 | 45.0 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,064 | 46.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Radford a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Radford has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 97 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Radford: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Radford, and how old are they?
An estimated 561 Americans named Radford and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (47% of everyone recorded); the median is 60 years old and half are between 42 and 71. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 619 people named Radford (7 women and girls, 612 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 613 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above 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 Radford
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.
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