Wilford
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WIL-ferd
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Wilford is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “willow ford”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Wilford mean?
English: surname from an English place name
“willow ford”
From an English surname taken from Wilford in Nottinghamshire, a ford by willow trees.
Is Wilford a girl's or a boy's name?
Wilford is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wilford in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Wilford, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1926, with 276 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wilford in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1949, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wilford in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,670 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,688 |
| 1977 | 37 | #1,515 |
| 1976 | 37 | #1,469 |
| 1975 | 43 | #1,322 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,269 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 48 | #1,177 |
| 1971 | 37 | #1,400 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,142 |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,086 |
| 1968 | 63 | #910 |
| 1967 | 44 | #1,117 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,027 |
| 1965 | 58 | #967 |
| 1964 | 63 | #958 |
| 1963 | 64 | #935 |
| 1962 | 66 | #929 |
| 1961 | 69 | #914 |
| 1960 | 70 | #904 |
| 1959 | 80 | #842 |
| 1958 | 95 | #760 |
| 1957 | 94 | #774 |
| 1956 | 100 | #735 |
| 1955 | 116 | #679 |
| 1954 | 109 | #691 |
| 1953 | 115 | #660 |
| 1952 | 112 | #652 |
| 1951 | 132 | #613 |
| 1950 | 118 | #636 |
| 1949 | 132 | #589 |
| 1948 | 128 | #591 |
| 1947 | 129 | #598 |
| 1946 | 125 | #573 |
| 1945 | 128 | #527 |
| 1944 | 144 | #504 |
| 1943 | 144 | #521 |
| 1942 | 151 | #498 |
| 1941 | 122 | #532 |
| 1940 | 143 | #482 |
| 1939 | 145 | #472 |
| 1938 | 150 | #474 |
| 1937 | 164 | #440 |
| 1936 | 158 | #447 |
| 1935 | 153 | #458 |
| 1934 | 193 | #397 |
| 1933 | 139 | #477 |
| 1932 | 169 | #429 |
| 1931 | 208 | #390 |
| 1930 | 210 | #400 |
| 1929 | 215 | #395 |
| 1928 | 249 | #370 |
| 1927 | 232 | #391 |
| 1926 | 276 | #348 |
| 1925 | 252 | #375 |
| 1924 | 257 | #377 |
| 1923 | 223 | #399 |
| 1922 | 268 | #366 |
| 1921 | 271 | #367 |
| 1920 | 249 | #377 |
| 1919 | 238 | #376 |
| 1918 | 271 | #353 |
| 1917 | 232 | #365 |
| 1916 | 225 | #361 |
| 1915 | 240 | #343 |
| 1914 | 169 | #363 |
| 1913 | 123 | #380 |
| 1912 | 92 | #401 |
| 1911 | 69 | #328 |
| 1910 | 39 | #440 |
| 1909 | 31 | #453 |
| 1908 | 38 | #374 |
| 1907 | 31 | #405 |
| 1906 | 29 | #400 |
| 1905 | 25 | #430 |
| 1904 | 18 | #515 |
| 1903 | 18 | #505 |
| 1902 | 17 | #521 |
| 1901 | 15 | #506 |
| 1900 | 24 | #469 |
| 1899 | 11 | #613 |
| 1898 | 15 | #543 |
| 1897 | 22 | #404 |
| 1896 | 18 | #481 |
| 1895 | 18 | #476 |
| 1894 | 28 | #336 |
| 1893 | 28 | #330 |
| 1892 | 15 | #525 |
| 1891 | 20 | #386 |
| 1890 | 16 | #458 |
| 1889 | 11 | #581 |
| 1888 | 17 | #464 |
| 1887 | 13 | #488 |
| 1886 | 12 | #540 |
| 1885 | 20 | #399 |
| 1884 | 16 | #468 |
| 1883 | 20 | #381 |
| 1882 | 25 | #355 |
| 1881 | 18 | #395 |
| 1880 | 18 | #403 |
Nicknames for Wilford
- Will 13 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Wilford
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
William Walter Warren Howard Wilson Edward Leonard Arthur Lewis Franklin Francis Stanley
Names related to Wilford
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Wilford: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wilford, updated 20 October 2026.