How Many People Are Named Linford?
people named Linford are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,045,213 people in the US has this name
Based on 779 babies named Linford in Social Security records from 1896 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
20 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally taken from place names meaning either "flax ford" or "lime tree ford" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Linford in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Linford alive today is about 56 years old, and 52% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 41 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Linford first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1921, to 20 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Linford has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,194, in 1896.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,194 (1896) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,203 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Linford alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Linford were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 45 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Linford was given about 13.8 times as often in Pennsylvania.
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