Wilford is an established boys' name that peaked in 1926 and has since faded.
Wilford is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #8,872 for boy births in the United States (and #18,376 across all names), given to 9 babies. Wilford was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1926 (276 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,872 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | — | #14,165 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,224 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,781 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,549 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,069 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,109 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,613 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,005 |
| 2014 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,526 |
| 2013 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,744 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,710 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,042 |
| 2010 | 15 | 15 | — | #6,020 |
| 2008 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,827 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | — | #14,302 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,939 |
| 2005 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,267 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,887 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,690 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,424 |
| 2001 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,656 |
| 2000 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,289 |
| 1999 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,528 |
| 1997 | 10 | — | — | #6,084 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | — | #6,482 |
| 1995 | 14 | — | — | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | — | #7,744 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | — | #4,215 |
| 1992 | 14 | — | — | #4,317 |
| 1991 | 18 | — | — | #3,451 |
| 1990 | 15 | — | — | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 25 | — | — | #2,612 |
| 1988 | 20 | — | — | #2,857 |
| 1987 | 18 | — | — | #2,940 |
| 1986 | 22 | — | — | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 11 | — | — | #4,041 |
| 1984 | 26 | — | — | #2,094 |
| 1983 | 24 | — | — | #2,205 |
| 1982 | 37 | — | — | #1,651 |
| 1981 | 20 | — | — | #2,494 |
| 1980 | 25 | — | — | #2,160 |
| 1979 | 34 | — | — | #1,709 |
| 1978 | 32 | — | — | #1,717 |
| 1977 | 37 | — | — | #1,545 |
| 1976 | 37 | — | — | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 43 | — | — | #1,344 |
| 1974 | 44 | — | — | #1,288 |
| 1973 | 26 | — | — | #1,779 |
| 1972 | 48 | — | — | #1,195 |
| 1971 | 37 | — | — | #1,414 |
| 1970 | 52 | — | — | #1,157 |
| 1969 | 51 | — | — | #1,096 |
| 1968 | 63 | — | — | #919 |
| 1967 | 44 | — | — | #1,130 |
| 1966 | 50 | — | — | #1,042 |
| 1965 | 58 | — | — | #975 |
| 1964 | 63 | — | — | #965 |
| 1963 | 64 | — | — | #946 |
| 1962 | 66 | — | — | #938 |
| 1961 | 69 | — | — | #927 |
| 1960 | 70 | — | — | #910 |
| 1959 | 80 | — | — | #853 |
| 1958 | 95 | — | — | #766 |
| 1957 | 94 | — | — | #779 |
| 1956 | 100 | — | — | #736 |
| 1955 | 116 | — | — | #684 |
| 1954 | 109 | — | — | #693 |
| 1953 | 115 | — | — | #664 |
| 1952 | 112 | — | — | #657 |
| 1951 | 132 | — | — | #617 |
| 1950 | 118 | — | — | #641 |
| 1949 | 132 | — | — | #596 |
| 1948 | 128 | — | — | #597 |
| 1947 | 129 | — | — | #599 |
| 1946 | 125 | — | — | #575 |
| 1945 | 128 | — | — | #529 |
| 1944 | 144 | — | — | #507 |
| 1943 | 144 | — | — | #523 |
| 1942 | 151 | — | — | #499 |
| 1941 | 122 | — | — | #534 |
| 1940 | 143 | — | — | #482 |
| 1939 | 145 | — | — | #473 |
| 1938 | 150 | — | — | #474 |
| 1937 | 164 | — | — | #440 |
| 1936 | 158 | — | — | #449 |
| 1935 | 153 | — | — | #460 |
| 1934 | 193 | — | — | #397 |
| 1933 | 139 | — | — | #478 |
| 1932 | 169 | — | — | #432 |
| 1931 | 208 | — | — | #391 |
| 1930 | 210 | — | — | #400 |
| 1929 | 215 | — | — | #395 |
| 1928 | 249 | — | — | #371 |
| 1927 | 232 | — | — | #392 |
| 1926 | 276 | — | — | #349 |
| 1925 | 257 | — | #5,748 | #375 |
| 1924 | 257 | — | — | #377 |
| 1923 | 223 | — | — | #401 |
| 1922 | 268 | — | — | #366 |
| 1921 | 271 | — | — | #368 |
| 1920 | 249 | — | — | #378 |
| 1919 | 238 | — | — | #376 |
| 1918 | 271 | — | — | #353 |
| 1917 | 232 | — | — | #366 |
| 1916 | 225 | — | — | #363 |
| 1915 | 240 | — | — | #345 |
| 1914 | 169 | — | — | #364 |
| 1913 | 123 | — | — | #380 |
| 1912 | 92 | — | — | #403 |
| 1911 | 69 | — | — | #333 |
| 1910 | 39 | — | — | #446 |
| 1909 | 31 | — | — | #461 |
| 1908 | 38 | — | — | #382 |
| 1907 | 31 | — | — | #416 |
| 1906 | 29 | — | — | #410 |
| 1905 | 25 | — | — | #451 |
| 1904 | 18 | — | — | #537 |
| 1903 | 18 | — | — | #525 |
| 1902 | 17 | — | — | #534 |
| 1901 | 15 | — | — | #535 |
| 1900 | 24 | — | — | #476 |
| 1899 | 11 | — | — | #660 |
| 1898 | 15 | — | — | #572 |
| 1897 | 22 | — | — | #410 |
| 1896 | 18 | — | — | #499 |
| 1895 | 18 | — | — | #489 |
| 1894 | 28 | — | — | #348 |
| 1893 | 28 | — | — | #339 |
| 1892 | 15 | — | — | #545 |
| 1891 | 20 | — | — | #396 |
| 1890 | 16 | — | — | #488 |
| 1889 | 11 | — | — | #626 |
| 1888 | 17 | — | — | #483 |
| 1887 | 13 | — | — | #514 |
| 1886 | 12 | — | — | #575 |
| 1885 | 20 | — | — | #409 |
| 1884 | 16 | — | — | #487 |
| 1883 | 20 | — | — | #401 |
| 1882 | 25 | — | — | #364 |
| 1881 | 18 | — | — | #415 |
| 1880 | 18 | — | — | #424 |