Melford
Melford is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192146 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1904
- 1,175people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,175 boys have been named Melford in the United States since 1904, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 46 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 46 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1932, and the 1920s alone account for 28%.
By decade
In 1921, its biggest year
Melford was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Melford
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Harroldpeak 1923
- Verlpeak 1918
- Wilburtpeak 1920
- Glenwoodpeak 1920
- Eldonpeak 1926
- Beaufordpeak 1934
- Norbertpeak 1924
- Haskelpeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.