Rexford — #5057 US boys' name
2,625 babies named Rexford in U.S. Social Security records since 1891, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to boys today.
14% of everyone ever named Rexford was born in this single decade.
53 babies were named Rexford in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rexford
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,625 babies named Rexford between 1891 and 2024, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rexford currently holds the #5057 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 53 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rexford performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 378 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Rexford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 118 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Rexford in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rexford 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 2,625 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.
Rexford at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rexford popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1891
- Peak year (1925)
- 53
- Annual births at peak — across 134 years of records
Currently ranks #5057 among boys.
2,625 total births across 134 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 53 births in a single year.
Rexford by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 378 births that decade — 14% of Rexford's all-time total
Rexford decade highlights
- Peak decade 378 births
- Runner-up 330 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Rexford's strongest decade
378 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 14% of all-time use.
Rexford by state
Where Rexford concentrates geographically — total births since 1891
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 118 | 4.5% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 96 | 3.7% |
| #3 | Kentucky | | 34 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 24 | 0.9% |
| #5 | California | | 18 | 0.7% |
| #6 | West Virginia | | 11 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.2% |
118 of 2,625 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.7% of nationwide
- Kentucky 1.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.9% of nationwide
- California 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1891–2024 (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.