Radford
Radford 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
- 193526 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1885
- 1,198people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,198 boys have been named Radford in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1935, with 26 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 26 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1920s alone account for 15%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Radford | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 10 | |
| 1900s | 15 | |
| 1910s | 113 | |
| 1920s | 182 | |
| 1930s | 150 | |
| 1940s | 151 | |
| 1950s | 178 | |
| 1960s | 149 | |
| 1970s | 87 | |
| 1980s | 48 | |
| 1990s | 27 | |
| 2010s | 58 | |
| 2020s | 25 |
In 1935, its biggest year
Radford was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1935 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1935.
Names that rose and fell with Radford
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rolandpeak 1924
- Colonpeak 1927
- Raymondpeak 1924
- Myronpeak 1930
- Waymonpeak 1936
- Lylepeak 1922
- Livingstonpeak 1917
- Lovellpeak 1916
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.