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.

Radford

#4,290 most common boys' name of all time · #10,516 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1885–2025

Rank among boys
#4,290
Rank overall
#10,516 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
97 of 146
All-time
1,204
Since 2016
56
Peak year
1935 #1,336
Best rank
#1,089 1885
Girls Boys peak 26/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Radford 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
2025 — 6 6 #10,732
2023 — 6 6 #10,860
2022 — 7 7 #9,849
2021 — 6 6 #10,853
2020 — 6 6 #10,658
2019 — 6 6 #10,844
2018 — 6 6 #10,790
2017 — 5 5 #12,296
2016 — 8 8 #8,848
2015 — 8 8 #8,782
2014 — 6 6 #10,771
2013 — 7 7 #9,696
2012 — 6 6 #10,817
2010 — 6 6 #10,810
1994 — 7 7 #7,000
1991 — 13 13 #4,254
1990 — 7 7 #6,466
1989 — 5 5 #7,975
1988 — 9 9 #4,816
1987 — 9 9 #4,610
1984 — 9 9 #4,247
1983 — 7 7 #4,951
1981 — 9 9 #4,188
1979 — 7 7 #4,888
1977 — 12 12 #3,223
1976 — 11 11 #3,294
1975 — 6 6 #4,855
1974 — 7 7 #4,233
1973 — 6 6 #4,572
1972 — 13 13 #2,685
1971 — 11 11 #3,001
1970 — 14 14 #2,532
1969 — 9 9 #3,103
1968 — 15 15 #2,129
1967 — 17 17 #1,925
1966 — 11 11 #2,504
1965 — 22 22 #1,688
1964 — 20 20 #1,810
1963 — 15 15 #2,136
1962 — 12 12 #2,402
1961 — 16 16 #2,091
1960 — 12 12 #2,457
1959 — 18 18 #1,934
1958 — 15 15 #2,118
1957 — 25 25 #1,603
1956 — 21 21 #1,738
1955 — 20 20 #1,748
1954 — 14 14 #2,144
1953 — 19 19 #1,791
1952 — 19 19 #1,764
1951 — 12 12 #2,274
1950 — 15 15 #1,964
1949 — 19 19 #1,728
1948 — 14 14 #2,061
1947 — 13 13 #2,197
1946 — 14 14 #1,979
1945 — 14 14 #1,879
1944 — 18 18 #1,648
1943 — 13 13 #2,100
1942 — 16 16 #1,828
1941 — 21 21 #1,499
1940 — 9 9 #2,522
1939 — 18 18 #1,607
1938 — 9 9 #2,528
1937 — 19 19 #1,594
1936 — 13 13 #1,994
1935 — 26 26 #1,336
1934 — 13 13 #2,047
1933 — 13 13 #2,030
1932 — 14 14 #2,029
1931 — 11 11 #2,367
1930 — 14 14 #2,113
1929 — 15 15 #2,036
1928 — 19 19 #1,781
1927 — 16 16 #2,070
1926 — 11 11 #2,611
1925 — 23 23 #1,601
1924 — 22 22 #1,696
1923 — 21 21 #1,719
1922 — 18 18 #1,904
1921 — 24 24 #1,560
1920 — 13 13 #2,368
1919 — 14 14 #2,185
1918 — 21 21 #1,672
1917 — 19 19 #1,714
1916 — 17 17 #1,802
1915 — 15 15 #1,915
1914 — 8 8 #2,510
1913 — 6 6 #2,571
1912 — 8 8 #1,940
1911 — 5 5 #1,829
1906 — 5 5 #1,347
1903 — 5 5 #1,245
1900 — 5 5 #1,424
1892 — 5 5 #1,203
1890 — 5 5 #1,120
1885 — 5 5 #1,089