Gifford
Gifford is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 835th, in 1898.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192040 births
- Best rank
- #835in 1898
- Since 1891
- 1,452people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,452 boys have been named Gifford in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 40 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 40 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1941, and the 1920s alone account for 19%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gifford | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 19 | |
| 1900s | 21 | |
| 1910s | 196 | |
| 1920s | 281 | |
| 1930s | 194 | |
| 1940s | 186 | |
| 1950s | 190 | |
| 1960s | 144 | |
| 1970s | 98 | |
| 1980s | 80 | |
| 1990s | 27 | |
| 2010s | 16 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Gifford was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Gifford
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Vernalpeak 1916
- Arnettpeak 1951
- Orispeak 1915
- Raoulpeak 1928
- Norwoodpeak 1921
- Weldonpeak 1920
- Carlylepeak 1918
- Foypeak 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.