Hanford

Peak · boys
1911 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
338
since 1911

Hanford over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hanford has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #1,740, 1911boys
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1961#4,0655
1960#4,0385
1959#3,9885
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1955#3,8865
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1953#3,7985
1952#3,0957
1951#3,3646
1950#3,0217
1949#3,6905
1948#2,7888
1947#3,0967
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1945#2,7437
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1943#3,5385
1942#2,9407
1941#3,5055
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1938#3,5345
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1935#3,2526
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1933#3,6425
1932#3,7765
1931#2,47110
1930#2,44411
1929#3,5596
1928#2,52211
1927#2,29813
1926#2,18614
1925#2,75510
1924#2,82210
1923#2,22414
1922#2,04016
1921#2,05916
1920#2,45912
1919#2,15214
1918#2,54311
1917#2,7329
1916#2,7309
1915#2,18412
1914#2,2719
1913#2,2737
1912#1,7469
1911#1,7405
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five boys were named Hanford! It came in at #1,740, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1932–1934, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Hanford is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Hanford in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Hanford
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1961
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1911 at #1,740 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 45,194
  • Highest: 1 in 45,194 boys born in 1911 were named Hanford (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 424,839 boys born in 1961 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 36.1% of all boys named Hanford (122) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s85#1,740 (1911)#2,263
1920s122#2,040 (1922)#2,492
1930s42#2,444 (1930)#3,187
1940s44#2,743 (1945)#3,186
1950s35#3,021 (1950)#3,525
1960s10#4,038 (1960)#4,052

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.

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