Wilford

Where Wilford comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Wilford.

Wilford through the years
  1. 1807
    Wilford Woodruff born
    President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #403 among boys, with 18 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1911
    Peak, #328
    69 babies named Wilford, its best rank.
  4. 1934
    Wilford Brimley born
    American actor and singer
  5. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,736.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Wilford Brimley · American actor and singer, 1934–2020
  • Wilford Woodruff · President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1807–1898
  • Wilford Leach · American film director, 1929–1988
  • Wilford Horace Smith · African-American lawyer, 1863–1926
  • Wilford Bacon Hoggatt · American naval officer and sixth Governor of the District of Alaska, 1865–1938

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.