Linford

Boy · recorded 1896–2019

  • 2019last recorded
  • 1896best year

Most popular in 1896.

Last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1896

0214218961927195819882019

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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 82 recorded years as a table
Linford, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189642
191216
191321
191411
19157
19169
191712
191818
191915
19207
192118
192216
19239
192418
192515
192610
192716
192814
19298
193011
193112
193214
193312
193411
193513
193610
193710
19387
193914
19409
194112
194212
19438
19449
19459
19467
19475
19484
19495
19507
19518
19524
19537
19544
19553
19563
19573
19585
19596
19604
19613
19624
19633
19644
19653
19665
19673
19684
19694
19724
19756
19764
19774
19783
19804
19824
19833
19843
19853
19884
19913
19933
19953
19993
20004
20043
20073
20082
20093
20114
20133
20193

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Linford 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2019
5
Rank in 2019
#12,145
How rare
1 in 358,843 boys
Since 1896
779

Linford was last recorded in 2019. 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 1896, at 42 per million boys born.

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

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