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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Gilford” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gilford” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Gilford” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Gilford” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Gilford” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Gilford” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Gilford” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gilford” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1912 8 0.000008097 8 -100%
1913 12 0.000010553 12 -100%
1914 24 0.000016945 24 -100%
1915 16 0.000008732 16 -100%
1916 25 0.000012924 25 -100%
1917 27 0.000013455 27 -100%
1918 19 0.000008751 19 -100%
1919 27 0.000012795 27 -100%
1920 29 0.000012817 29 -100%
1921 23 0.000009852 23 -100%
1922 40 0.000017474 40 -100%
1923 34 0.000014767 34 -100%
1924 23 0.000009657 23 -100%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 -100%
1926 22 0.000009582 22 -100%
1927 26 0.00001121 26 -100%
1928 27 0.000011942 27 -100%
1929 25 0.000011404 25 -100%
1930 22 0.000009895 22 -100%
1931 20 0.000009504 20 -100%
1932 25 0.000011841 25 -100%
1933 19 0.000009503 19 -100%
1934 19 0.000009149 19 -100%
1935 21 0.000010048 21 -100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 -100%
1937 17 0.000007979 17 -100%
1938 26 0.000011751 26 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 17 0.000007383 17 -100%
1941 16 0.000006567 16 -100%
1942 23 0.000008419 23 -100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 -100%
1944 13 0.000004833 13 -100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 -100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 -100%
1947 13 0.000003609 13 -100%
1948 21 0.000006083 21 -100%
1949 14 0.000004017 14 -100%
1950 23 0.000006565 23 -100%
1951 21 0.000005701 21 -100%
1952 19 0.000005003 19 -100%
1953 20 0.00000519 20 -100%
1954 20 0.000005024 20 -100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 -100%
1956 22 0.000005336 22 -100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 -100%
1958 17 0.000004112 17 -100%
1959 19 0.00000457 19 -100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 -100%
1961 12 0.000002897 12 -100%
1962 22 0.000005452 22 -100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1965 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 -100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1973 12 0.000003978 12 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%

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