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.

Lanford

#27,065 most common boys' name of all time · #71,288 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1951–1957

Rank among boys
#27,065
Rank overall
#71,288 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
3 of 146
All-time
16
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1952 #3,719
Best rank
#3,719 1952
Girls Boys peak 6/yr

Lanford first appears in 1951. 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
1957 5 5 #4,443
1952 6 6 #3,719
1951 5 5 #4,223