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.

Hansford

#6,642 most common boys' name of all time · #16,641 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1882–1974

Rank among boys
#6,642
Rank overall
#16,641 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
587
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1917 #1,541
Best rank
#925 1882
Girls Boys peak 22/yr
1900192019401960

Hansford first appears in 1882. 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
1974 — 5 5 #5,275
1973 — 6 6 #4,558
1971 — 5 5 #4,958
1965 — 6 6 #3,573
1962 — 10 10 #2,705
1960 — 5 5 #4,083
1958 — 5 5 #3,996
1956 — 9 9 #2,829
1954 — 6 6 #3,491
1953 — 10 10 #2,557
1952 — 6 6 #3,418
1951 — 5 5 #3,764
1949 — 7 7 #3,054
1948 — 11 11 #2,354
1947 — 9 9 #2,707
1946 — 11 11 #2,297
1945 — 15 15 #1,792
1944 — 9 9 #2,502
1943 — 11 11 #2,303
1942 — 10 10 #2,418
1941 — 15 15 #1,850
1940 — 11 11 #2,211
1939 — 10 10 #2,331
1938 — 11 11 #2,214
1937 — 11 11 #2,222
1936 — 18 18 #1,607
1935 — 10 10 #2,424
1934 — 6 6 #3,327
1933 — 11 11 #2,245
1932 — 11 11 #2,347
1931 — 11 11 #2,360
1930 — 8 8 #3,053
1929 — 18 18 #1,811
1928 — 13 13 #2,302
1927 — 18 18 #1,891
1926 — 13 13 #2,337
1925 — 12 12 #2,460
1924 — 18 18 #1,915
1923 — 18 18 #1,893
1922 — 17 17 #1,972
1921 — 21 21 #1,720
1920 — 16 16 #2,078
1919 — 20 20 #1,712
1918 — 17 17 #1,928
1917 — 22 22 #1,541
1916 — 8 8 #2,960
1915 — 17 17 #1,722
1914 — 11 11 #2,005
1913 — 7 7 #2,317
1912 — 10 10 #1,658
1909 — 6 6 #1,345
1908 — 5 5 #1,448
1882 — 6 6 #925