Bedford
Bedford is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 692nd, in 1887.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192441 births
- Best rank
- #692in 1887
- Since 1880
- 1,240people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,240 boys have been named Bedford in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 41 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 41 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1930, and the 1920s alone account for 25%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Bedford | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 49 | |
| 1890s | 29 | |
| 1900s | 54 | |
| 1910s | 181 | |
| 1920s | 305 | |
| 1930s | 201 | |
| 1940s | 158 | |
| 1950s | 122 | |
| 1960s | 82 | |
| 1970s | 24 | |
| 1980s | 20 | |
| 1990s | 5 | |
| 2010s | 5 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Bedford was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Bedford
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Finispeak 1922
- Burleypeak 1921
- Alfordpeak 1930
- Dillardpeak 1921
- Lymanpeak 1917
- Elbertpeak 1920
- Monroepeak 1921
- Albertpeak 1921
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.