Delford
Recorded 1913–1981 · United States
Delford was most popular in 1925, when 19 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,576 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 548 people named Delford.
Delford over time
How old is the name Delford?
Delford first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1913, which makes it about 112 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 56 of the 113 years since. It was last recorded in 1981.
How many people are named Delford?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 548 American births named Delford between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 173 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Delford in 2025?
Delford was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Delford a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Delford is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 548 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Delford?
Roughly 173 Americans named Delford are alive today — 32% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 72 years old, and half are between 65 and 80.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org