Williford — boys' name
16 babies named Williford in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Williford was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Williford in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Williford
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Williford between 1920 and 1927, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Williford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1927. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Williford performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Williford 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 16 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.
Williford at a glance
Last recorded 1927Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Williford popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1920
- Peak year (1927)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1927.
16 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 6 births in a single year.
Williford by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 16 births that decade — 100% of Williford's all-time total
Williford decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Williford's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 1920–1927 (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.