How Many People Are Named Wilford?
people named Wilford are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 116,411 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,447 babies named Wilford in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
276 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "willow 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 Wilford in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wilford alive today is about 63 years old, and 64% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 51 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wilford first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1926, to 276 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Wilford has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #333, in 1911. In 2025 it ranked #8,868.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,868 |
| Best rank | #333 (1911) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #378 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wilford alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wilford were born in Texas than in any other state: about 252 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Wilford was given 10.4 times as often in Utah, 2.7 times in Louisiana and 2.4 times in Texas.
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