Bedford
Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,240since 1880
Bedford over time
Rank among boys' names. Bedford has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #1,668 | 21 |
| 1953 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #1,939 | 16 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #1,813 | 16 |
| 1945 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,519 | 20 |
| 1939 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,422 | 23 |
| 1934 | #1,323 | 26 |
| 1933 | #1,361 | 24 |
| 1932 | #1,465 | 23 |
| 1931 | #1,770 | 17 |
| 1930 | #1,496 | 24 |
| 1929 | #1,138 | 37 |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 33 |
| 1927 | #1,468 | 26 |
| 1926 | #1,565 | 23 |
| 1925 | #1,332 | 30 |
| 1924 | #1,117 | 41 |
| 1923 | #1,420 | 27 |
| 1922 | #1,396 | 28 |
| 1921 | #1,360 | 30 |
| 1920 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1919 | #1,449 | 25 |
| 1918 | #1,343 | 28 |
| 1917 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #1,217 | 29 |
| 1914 | #1,101 | 27 |
| 1913 | #1,311 | 16 |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #745 | 7 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bedford was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bedford is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#318 · 1 in 3,453
Best ever in a state: #239 in Tennessee, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #318 | 7 | 1 in 3,453 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Bedford
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1887 (#959 → #679)
- Biggest drop: 352 spots in 1888 (#679 → #1,031)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #679 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1880–1882
- Highest: 1 in 12,676 boys born in 1887 were named Bedford (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 24.6% of all boys named Bedford (305) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 49 | #679 (1887) | #853 |
| 1890s | 29 | #861 (1892) | #993 |
| 1900s | 54 | #943 (1901) | #1,111 |
| 1910s | 181 | #1,101 (1914) | #1,538 |
| 1920s | 305 | #1,117 (1924) | #1,337 |
| 1930s | 201 | #1,323 (1934) | #1,580 |
| 1940s | 158 | #1,519 (1940) | #1,877 |
| 1950s | 122 | #1,668 (1954) | #2,241 |
| 1960s | 82 | #2,627 (1966) | #3,076 |
| 1970s | 24 | #3,694 (1973) | #4,966 |
| 1980s | 20 | #6,250 (1980) | #6,510 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,236 (1991) | #8,236 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,156 (2018) | #12,156 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,330 (2022) | #12,330 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Bedford in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 33,564 of them was named Bedford, which outranked 73.4% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,228Waldemar34
- #1,228Williard34
- #1,228Worth34
- #1,254Bedford33
- #1,254Apolonio33
- #1,254Bernhard33
- #1,254Cleophus33
- #1,272Ballard32
- #1,272Chuck32
- #1,272Deward32
Tied with 17 names at #1,254; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.