Gifford
#3,836 most common boys' name of all time · #9,347 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1891–2017
Rank among boys
#3,836
Rank overall
#9,347 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
94 of 146
All-time
1,452
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1920 #1,128
Best rank
#878 1898
Girls
Boys
peak 40/yr
Gifford first appears in 1891. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,839 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,174 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,196 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,695 |
| 1995 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,042 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,174 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,560 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,685 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,812 |
| 1987 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,619 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,821 |
| 1985 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,382 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,251 |
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,570 |
| 1982 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,635 |
| 1981 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,196 |
| 1980 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,878 |
| 1979 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,388 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,618 |
| 1977 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,231 |
| 1976 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,300 |
| 1975 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,701 |
| 1974 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,896 |
| 1973 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,478 |
| 1972 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,843 |
| 1971 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,195 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,578 |
| 1969 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,116 |
| 1968 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,135 |
| 1967 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,507 |
| 1966 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,048 |
| 1965 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 1964 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,343 |
| 1963 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,059 |
| 1962 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,690 |
| 1961 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,016 |
| 1960 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,744 |
| 1959 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,938 |
| 1958 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,795 |
| 1957 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1956 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,781 |
| 1955 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,518 |
| 1954 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,903 |
| 1953 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,568 |
| 1952 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,594 |
| 1951 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,086 |
| 1950 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,351 |
| 1949 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,161 |
| 1948 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,627 |
| 1947 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,619 |
| 1946 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,454 |
| 1945 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,803 |
| 1944 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,503 |
| 1943 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,796 |
| 1942 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,896 |
| 1941 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,317 |
| 1940 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1939 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,203 |
| 1938 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,587 |
| 1937 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,506 |
| 1936 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 1935 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,168 |
| 1934 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,481 |
| 1933 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,674 |
| 1932 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,567 |
| 1931 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,224 |
| 1930 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,581 |
| 1929 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,640 |
| 1928 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1927 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,770 |
| 1926 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,273 |
| 1925 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,555 |
| 1924 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,304 |
| 1923 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,249 |
| 1922 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,209 |
| 1921 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,531 |
| 1920 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,128 |
| 1919 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,432 |
| 1918 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,570 |
| 1917 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,420 |
| 1916 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,526 |
| 1915 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,362 |
| 1914 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,376 |
| 1913 | — | 28 | 28 | #941 |
| 1912 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,321 |
| 1911 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,650 |
| 1910 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,581 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,320 |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,460 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,444 |
| 1898 | — | 8 | 8 | #878 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,202 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #954 |