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.

Welford

#7,390 most common boys' name of all time · #18,597 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1910–1984

Rank among boys
#7,390
Rank overall
#18,597 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
487
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1925 #1,853
Best rank
#1,838 1910
Girls Boys peak 19/yr
1920194019601980

Welford first appears in 1910. 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
1984 — 5 5 #6,430
1979 — 7 7 #4,922
1964 — 7 7 #3,391
1962 — 6 6 #3,743
1961 — 6 6 #3,766
1960 — 5 5 #4,192
1959 — 11 11 #2,587
1956 — 9 9 #2,865
1955 — 6 6 #3,633
1954 — 8 8 #3,047
1953 — 10 10 #2,608
1952 — 9 9 #2,766
1951 — 7 7 #3,175
1950 — 7 7 #3,134
1949 — 12 12 #2,285
1948 — 6 6 #3,430
1947 — 7 7 #3,198
1946 — 11 11 #2,342
1945 — 5 5 #3,493
1944 — 7 7 #2,966
1943 — 9 9 #2,655
1942 — 15 15 #1,919
1941 — 13 13 #2,047
1940 — 8 8 #2,754
1939 — 8 8 #2,705
1938 — 8 8 #2,746
1937 — 8 8 #2,791
1936 — 13 13 #2,027
1935 — 11 11 #2,330
1934 — 8 8 #2,858
1933 — 10 10 #2,466
1932 — 10 10 #2,566
1931 — 9 9 #2,757
1930 — 13 13 #2,252
1929 — 11 11 #2,528
1928 — 11 11 #2,581
1927 — 11 11 #2,607
1926 — 10 10 #2,805
1925 — 19 19 #1,853
1924 — 8 8 #3,335
1923 — 17 17 #1,998
1922 — 14 14 #2,300
1921 — 11 11 #2,718
1920 — 11 11 #2,684
1919 — 5 5 #4,302
1918 — 11 11 #2,639
1917 — 14 14 #2,158
1916 — 13 13 #2,216
1915 — 11 11 #2,399
1913 — 6 6 #2,648
1912 — 5 5 #2,707
1910 — 5 5 #1,838