Manford
- Last seen for boys in 1982 at #6,385
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,479since 1880
Manford over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Manford has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #1,696 | 20 |
| 1946 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #1,633 | 17 |
| 1944 | #1,311 | 26 |
| 1943 | #1,529 | 21 |
| 1942 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | #1,411 | 23 |
| 1940 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,481 | 21 |
| 1936 | #1,271 | 27 |
| 1935 | #1,148 | 33 |
| 1934 | #1,266 | 28 |
| 1933 | #1,456 | 22 |
| 1932 | #1,254 | 29 |
| 1931 | #1,194 | 33 |
| 1930 | #1,007 | 46 |
| 1929 | #1,443 | 25 |
| 1928 | #1,057 | 43 |
| 1927 | #1,145 | 39 |
| 1926 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1925 | #1,360 | 29 |
| 1924 | #1,071 | 44 |
| 1923 | #1,114 | 41 |
| 1922 | #1,084 | 42 |
| 1921 | #1,086 | 42 |
| 1920 | #1,020 | 46 |
| 1919 | #999 | 46 |
| 1918 | #949 | 49 |
| 1917 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1916 | #922 | 47 |
| 1915 | #941 | 44 |
| 1914 | #1,003 | 31 |
| 1913 | #1,256 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,023 | 20 |
| 1911 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #714 | 15 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #640 | 9 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Manford was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Manford is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Manford in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Manford
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1982
- Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1918
- Biggest drop: 479 spots in 1910
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #640 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1886–1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,933
- Highest: 1 in 10,933 boys born in 1909 were named Manford (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 362,889 boys born in 1982 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #640 in 1880, was only 1 in 12,277 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 25.8% of all boys named Manford (382) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 46 | #640 (1880) | #806 |
| 1890s | 25 | #787 (1894) | #908 |
| 1900s | 56 | #714 (1909) | #966 |
| 1910s | 305 | #922 (1916) | #1,058 |
| 1920s | 382 | #1,020 (1920) | #1,168 |
| 1930s | 271 | #1,007 (1930) | #1,357 |
| 1940s | 180 | #1,311 (1944) | #1,765 |
| 1950s | 117 | #1,838 (1951) | #2,401 |
| 1960s | 68 | #2,784 (1966) | #3,450 |
| 1970s | 17 | #3,963 (1972) | #4,758 |
| 1980s | 12 | #4,961 (1981) | #5,673 |
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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