Willford is a very rare variant of Wilford that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Willford is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1948. Willford first appears in 1913 and peaked in 1942 (11 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 5 | — | #4,188 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | #3,102 |
| 1942 | 11 | — | #2,384 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #3,498 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | #3,456 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #3,141 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | #3,670 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | #3,087 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | #4,305 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | #3,353 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | #3,772 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,183 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | #3,149 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,462 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #4,301 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #3,861 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #4,970 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | #4,795 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #3,718 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,588 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #4,381 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,492 |