Bedford
#4,208 most common boys' name of all time · #10,309 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2022
Rank among boys
#4,208
Rank overall
#10,309 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
92 of 146
All-time
1,240
Since 2016
10
Peak year
1924 #1,123
Best rank
#720 1887
Girls
Boys
peak 41/yr
Bedford is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,354 |
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,188 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,273 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,988 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,570 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,347 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,286 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,805 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,963 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,496 |
| 1973 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,718 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,615 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,126 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,581 |
| 1966 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1965 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,006 |
| 1964 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,686 |
| 1963 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,875 |
| 1962 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,694 |
| 1961 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,357 |
| 1959 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,837 |
| 1958 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,657 |
| 1957 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,647 |
| 1955 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,739 |
| 1954 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,670 |
| 1953 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,297 |
| 1952 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,949 |
| 1951 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,255 |
| 1950 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,220 |
| 1949 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,631 |
| 1948 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,037 |
| 1947 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,089 |
| 1946 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,821 |
| 1945 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,707 |
| 1944 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,208 |
| 1943 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,772 |
| 1942 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,540 |
| 1941 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,540 |
| 1940 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,530 |
| 1939 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,726 |
| 1938 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,917 |
| 1937 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,653 |
| 1936 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,733 |
| 1935 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,433 |
| 1934 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,330 |
| 1933 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 1932 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,477 |
| 1931 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,783 |
| 1930 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,500 |
| 1929 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,144 |
| 1928 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,259 |
| 1927 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,480 |
| 1926 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,569 |
| 1925 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,334 |
| 1924 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,123 |
| 1923 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,427 |
| 1922 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,404 |
| 1921 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,365 |
| 1920 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,329 |
| 1919 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,452 |
| 1918 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,347 |
| 1917 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,484 |
| 1916 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 1915 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,219 |
| 1914 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,108 |
| 1913 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,326 |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,567 |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,771 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,452 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,308 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,413 |
| 1907 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,120 |
| 1906 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,144 |
| 1905 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,128 |
| 1904 | — | 7 | 7 | #994 |
| 1903 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,181 |
| 1902 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,046 |
| 1901 | — | 6 | 6 | #974 |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,077 |
| 1898 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,034 |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,000 |
| 1894 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,109 |
| 1892 | — | 7 | 7 | #900 |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | #907 |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,063 |
| 1887 | — | 8 | 8 | #720 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #990 |
| 1884 | — | 5 | 5 | #994 |
| 1882 | — | 8 | 8 | #726 |
| 1881 | — | 5 | 5 | #896 |
| 1880 | — | 7 | 7 | #756 |