Talford — boys' name
12 babies named Talford in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Talford was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Talford in 1935 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Talford
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Talford between 1922 and 1935, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Talford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1935. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Talford performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Talford shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Talford 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 12 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.
Talford at a glance
Last recorded 1935Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Talford popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1922
- Peak year (1935)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1935.
12 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1935 with 7 births in a single year.
Talford by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 7 births that decade — 58% of Talford's all-time total
Talford decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Talford's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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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, 1922–1935 (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.