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.

Ruford

#17,603 most common boys' name of all time · #46,024 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–1952

Rank among boys
#17,603
Rank overall
#46,024 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
11 of 146
All-time
71
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1922 #2,985
Best rank
#2,985 1922
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
19201940

Ruford first appears in 1915. 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
1952 — 5 5 #3,989
1948 — 6 6 #3,522
1928 — 7 7 #3,589
1927 — 8 8 #3,368
1924 — 5 5 #4,656
1922 — 10 10 #2,985
1921 — 5 5 #4,635
1919 — 6 6 #4,000
1918 — 8 8 #3,306
1916 — 5 5 #4,266
1915 — 6 6 #3,805