Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Guilford

#6,630 most common boys' name of all time · #16,605 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1885–1973

Rank among boys
#6,630
Rank overall
#16,605 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
589
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1923 #1,663
Best rank
#809 1890
Girls Boys peak 22/yr
1900192019401960

Guilford first appears in 1885. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1973 — 5 5 #5,168
1967 — 6 6 #3,620
1965 — 5 5 #3,988
1961 — 5 5 #4,139
1957 — 6 6 #3,624
1956 — 7 7 #3,273
1955 — 7 7 #3,247
1954 — 9 9 #2,785
1953 — 8 8 #2,946
1952 — 9 9 #2,720
1951 — 7 7 #3,117
1950 — 14 14 #2,045
1949 — 11 11 #2,368
1948 — 10 10 #2,484
1947 — 9 9 #2,720
1946 — 6 6 #3,235
1945 — 7 7 #2,796
1944 — 8 8 #2,687
1943 — 7 7 #3,004
1942 — 11 11 #2,301
1941 — 11 11 #2,250
1940 — 8 8 #2,716
1939 — 12 12 #2,085
1938 — 10 10 #2,362
1937 — 12 12 #2,126
1936 — 9 9 #2,498
1935 — 11 11 #2,288
1933 — 5 5 #3,705
1932 — 16 16 #1,875
1931 — 11 11 #2,366
1930 — 14 14 #2,111
1929 — 11 11 #2,488
1928 — 14 14 #2,194
1927 — 14 14 #2,224
1926 — 17 17 #1,938
1925 — 21 21 #1,703
1924 — 20 20 #1,800
1923 — 22 22 #1,663
1922 — 16 16 #2,075
1921 — 16 16 #2,093
1920 — 14 14 #2,259
1919 — 16 16 #2,012
1918 — 17 17 #1,941
1917 — 18 18 #1,779
1916 — 10 10 #2,581
1915 — 17 17 #1,733
1914 — 16 16 #1,574
1913 — 18 18 #1,233
1912 — 10 10 #1,676
1911 — 8 8 #1,333
1908 — 5 5 #1,470
1890 — 8 8 #809
1885 — 5 5 #1,068