Boys' name · since 1923
Reaford
40 babies named Reaford in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1934. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,767 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 40
- born since 1923
- 1930s
- peak decade
40 boys have been named Reaford since 1923, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Reaford has 40 recorded births among boys since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 1956.
- #23,767 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 40 born since 1923
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reaford ranks #23,767 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 1923, peaking in the 1930s.
- #23,767 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 40
- born since 1923
- 1930s
- peak decade
Reaford's 40 recorded births place it above 47.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Reaford's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Reaford's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1923, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1934 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Reaford popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1956
- Peak year (1934)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Reaford by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (19 births, 48% of the file).
1930s was Reaford's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Reaford births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
16 births
- 1930s
1930s
19 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 19 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Reaford's decade-level peak was the 1930s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Reaford: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1923–1956 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Reaford draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.