Radford
#11,676 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Radford has been given to 1,204 babies in the U.S. since 1885. In 2025 it ranked #11,676 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1935, with 26 recorded.
Babies named Radford, 2025
1 in 553,000
Radford over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Radford?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 553,000
- 6 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 285,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #11,676
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 382,984 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Radford sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Radford. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Radfords were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Radford was born before 1948 — so the typical Radford is around 77 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 15.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 7.4%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 578
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 15.1% of all recorded uses (182).
Is Radford rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −15
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −2,313
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.75×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 23.1%
- Peak was 1935 (26)
- Years since peak
- 90
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 21.5% average annual change
Spellings of Radford
Radford is not the most common spelling — Bradford is, with 45.4% against Radford's 1.7%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Radford is used
Across 1910–2025, Radford was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 400,826 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Radford has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Radford around the world
Where Radford ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1990–1990#484in 1990
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Radford by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Radford
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Radford
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.