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.

Medford

#6,157 most common boys' name of all time · #15,347 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1911–1980

Rank among boys
#6,157
Rank overall
#15,347 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
665
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #1,244
Best rank
#1,244 1924
Girls Boys peak 35/yr
1920194019601980

Medford first appears in 1911. 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
1980 — 5 5 #6,393
1967 — 5 5 #4,109
1964 — 7 7 #3,395
1962 — 9 9 #2,925
1961 — 6 6 #3,773
1960 — 6 6 #3,782
1958 — 9 9 #2,914
1956 — 9 9 #2,868
1955 — 6 6 #3,638
1954 — 5 5 #3,967
1952 — 7 7 #3,194
1951 — 12 12 #2,311
1950 — 10 10 #2,521
1949 — 13 13 #2,187
1948 — 13 13 #2,178
1947 — 6 6 #3,504
1946 — 9 9 #2,619
1945 — 12 12 #2,087
1944 — 8 8 #2,737
1943 — 11 11 #2,352
1942 — 9 9 #2,624
1941 — 13 13 #2,049
1940 — 18 18 #1,670
1939 — 14 14 #1,942
1938 — 8 8 #2,751
1937 — 12 12 #2,159
1936 — 9 9 #2,550
1935 — 12 12 #2,201
1934 — 14 14 #1,996
1933 — 20 20 #1,576
1932 — 9 9 #2,741
1931 — 16 16 #1,906
1930 — 12 12 #2,377
1929 — 13 13 #2,277
1928 — 21 21 #1,694
1927 — 21 21 #1,734
1926 — 23 23 #1,599
1925 — 20 20 #1,791
1924 — 35 35 #1,244
1923 — 25 25 #1,539
1922 — 18 18 #1,940
1921 — 19 19 #1,886
1920 — 19 19 #1,868
1919 — 20 20 #1,746
1918 — 23 23 #1,589
1917 — 9 9 #2,834
1916 — 15 15 #2,020
1915 — 15 15 #1,946
1914 — 9 9 #2,396
1913 — 8 8 #2,217
1912 — 13 13 #1,413
1911 — 5 5 #1,975