Radford
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,204since 1885
Radford over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Radford has never cracked the top 900 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #1,669 | 22 |
| 1964 | #1,793 | 20 |
| 1963 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #1,916 | 18 |
| 1958 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #1,583 | 25 |
| 1956 | #1,722 | 21 |
| 1955 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1949 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #1,630 | 18 |
| 1943 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #1,799 | 16 |
| 1941 | #1,485 | 21 |
| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #1,578 | 18 |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #1,576 | 19 |
| 1936 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,326 | 26 |
| 1934 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #1,675 | 22 |
| 1923 | #1,696 | 21 |
| 1922 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1920 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #1,648 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1916 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1885
The first year at least five boys were named Radford! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Radford is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Radford in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Radford
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 90 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1885 at #936 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1885–1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,560
- Highest: 1 in 21,560 boys born in 1885 were named Radford (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 15.1% of all boys named Radford (182) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #936 (1885) | #936 |
| 1890s | 10 | #994 (1890) | #1,030 |
| 1900s | 15 | #1,130 (1903) | #1,231 |
| 1910s | 113 | #1,648 (1918) | #1,969 |
| 1920s | 182 | #1,549 (1921) | #1,908 |
| 1930s | 150 | #1,326 (1935) | #1,934 |
| 1940s | 151 | #1,485 (1941) | #1,917 |
| 1950s | 178 | #1,583 (1957) | #1,885 |
| 1960s | 149 | #1,669 (1965) | #2,198 |
| 1970s | 87 | #2,509 (1970) | #3,660 |
| 1980s | 48 | #4,153 (1981) | #5,090 |
| 1990s | 27 | #4,231 (1991) | #5,871 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 58 | #8,744 (2015) | #10,364 |
| 2020s | 31 | #9,823 (2022) | #10,549 |
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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