Gifford

Boy · recorded 1891–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1898best year

Most popular in 1898.

Last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Gifford.

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Its story

Popularity since 1891

0336518911923195419862017

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 94 recorded years as a table
Gifford, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189159
189744
189865
190033
190734
190839
190930
191036
191127
191233
191355
191431
191529
191625
191727
191823
191927
192038
192123
192233
192331
192428
192522
192630
192718
192814
192920
193020
193131
193220
193318
193421
193512
193615
193720
193817
193910
194010
194121
194211
194312
194415
194511
194615
194712
194812
19497
19506
19517
195212
195312
19548
195513
19569
19578
19589
19598
196010
19618
196211
19638
19647
19655
19664
19676
19689
19695
19704
19716
19727
19736
19745
19756
19767
19777
19784
19797
19806
19815
19824
19833
19845
19855
19863
19875
19884
19894
19913
19924
19954
19983
20133
20143
20173

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gifford isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017
6
Rank in 2017
#10,775
How rare
1 in 308,492 boys
Since 1891
1,452

Gifford was last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1898, at 65 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gifford doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.