Wilford was the #8,243 boys' name in the US in 2025 (9 babies).
Wilford as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#8,243 (9)
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2024
#12,349 (5)
#5,120 (3)
2023
#7,738 (10)
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2022
#9,823 (7)
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2020
#9,554 (7)
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2018
#10,760 (6)
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2017
#7,546 (10)
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2016
#8,816 (8)
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2015
#7,491 (10)
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2014
#7,048 (11)
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2013
#8,118 (9)
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2012
#9,709 (7)
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2011
#7,502 (10)
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2010
#5,741 (15)
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2008
#9,019 (8)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1911 at #328.
Rising over the last five years.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
How common is it?
about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.