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Linford

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Linford first appears in the data in 1896 and has been recorded in 82 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1921 with 20 babies (rank #1,800 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

779

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1896	5	#1,195
1912	7	#2,159
1913	11	#1,756
1914	7	#2,805
1915	6	#3,660
1916	8	#3,070
1917	11	#2,503
1918	18	#1,868
1919	15	#2,109
1920	7	#3,684
1921	20	#1,800
1922	17	#1,998
1923	10	#2,866
1924	20	#1,816
1925	17	#1,977
1926	11	#2,663
1927	18	#1,923
1928	15	#2,115
1929	9	#2,874
1930	12	#2,387
1931	12	#2,275
1932	15	#1,968
1933	12	#2,171
1934	11	#2,346
1935	14	#1,996
1936	10	#2,388
1937	11	#2,280
1938	8	#2,782
1939	16	#1,764
1940	11	#2,260
1941	15	#1,865
1942	17	#1,776
1943	11	#2,352
1944	12	#2,140
1945	12	#2,080
1946	12	#2,221
1947	9	#2,785
1948	7	#3,187
1949	8	#2,922
1950	12	#2,278
1951	15	#2,017
1952	7	#3,263
1953	14	#2,155
1954	9	#2,866
1955	7	#3,372
1956	6	#3,775
1957	7	#3,433
1958	11	#2,590
1959	12	#2,488
1960	9	#2,992
1961	6	#3,889
1962	8	#3,189
1963	7	#3,522
1964	8	#3,182
1965	6	#3,762
1966	9	#2,896
1967	6	#3,810
1968	7	#3,545
1969	7	#3,800
1972	6	#4,756
1975	9	#3,820
1976	6	#5,344
1977	6	#5,563
1978	5	#6,386
1980	7	#5,287
1982	7	#5,367
1983	5	#6,893
1984	5	#6,935
1985	5	#7,156
1988	8	#5,514
1991	7	#6,985
1993	5	#9,594
1995	5	#9,734
1999	6	#9,432
2000	7	#8,758
2004	6	#10,814
2007	6	#11,795
2008	5	#13,786
2009	6	#11,892
2011	7	#10,325
2013	5	#13,286
2019	5	#13,337