Bedford is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1924 and has since faded.
Bedford is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2022. Bedford was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1924 (41 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | #12,593 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | #12,389 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | #8,334 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #7,058 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #6,618 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | #6,417 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #6,342 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #5,877 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #4,987 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | #5,549 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | #3,734 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #3,622 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | #3,128 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #3,592 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | #2,637 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | #3,007 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | #2,678 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #2,875 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | #2,678 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | #3,380 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | #3,367 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #2,839 |
| 1958 | 10 | — | #2,660 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | #2,653 |
| 1955 | 20 | — | #1,730 |
| 1954 | 21 | — | #1,669 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | #2,295 |
| 1952 | 16 | — | #1,943 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | #2,260 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | #2,218 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #2,625 |
| 1948 | 14 | — | #2,033 |
| 1947 | 14 | — | #2,080 |
| 1946 | 16 | — | #1,821 |
| 1945 | 16 | — | #1,702 |
| 1944 | 11 | — | #2,201 |
| 1943 | 17 | — | #1,770 |
| 1942 | 21 | — | #1,538 |
| 1941 | 20 | — | #1,536 |
| 1940 | 20 | — | #1,522 |
| 1939 | 16 | — | #1,718 |
| 1938 | 14 | — | #1,906 |
| 1937 | 18 | — | #1,635 |
| 1936 | 16 | — | #1,731 |
| 1935 | 23 | — | #1,424 |
| 1934 | 26 | — | #1,325 |
| 1933 | 24 | — | #1,363 |
| 1932 | 23 | — | #1,468 |
| 1931 | 17 | — | #1,773 |
| 1930 | 24 | — | #1,497 |
| 1929 | 37 | — | #1,140 |
| 1928 | 33 | — | #1,255 |
| 1927 | 26 | — | #1,475 |
| 1926 | 23 | — | #1,569 |
| 1925 | 30 | — | #1,335 |
| 1924 | 41 | — | #1,119 |
| 1923 | 27 | — | #1,427 |
| 1922 | 28 | — | #1,398 |
| 1921 | 30 | — | #1,362 |
| 1920 | 30 | — | #1,326 |
| 1919 | 25 | — | #1,455 |
| 1918 | 28 | — | #1,344 |
| 1917 | 23 | — | #1,484 |
| 1916 | 17 | — | #1,777 |
| 1915 | 29 | — | #1,218 |
| 1914 | 27 | — | #1,102 |
| 1913 | 16 | — | #1,317 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | #2,576 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #1,764 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #1,436 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #1,288 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | #1,387 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | #1,108 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,129 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | #1,104 |
| 1904 | 7 | — | #973 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #1,145 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | #1,020 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #962 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,062 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | #1,016 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | #989 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,093 |
| 1892 | 7 | — | #870 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | #886 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | #1,047 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | #692 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | #977 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #980 |
| 1882 | 8 | — | #706 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | #879 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #751 |