Medford
Recorded 1911–1980 · United States
Medford was most popular in 1924, when 35 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,485 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 665 people named Medford.
Medford over time
How old is the name Medford?
Medford first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1911, which makes it about 114 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 52 of the 115 years since. It was last recorded in 1980.
How many people are named Medford?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 665 American births named Medford 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 141 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Medford in 2025?
Medford 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 Medford a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Medford is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 665 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 Medford?
Roughly 141 Americans named Medford are alive today — 21% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 77 years old, and half are between 68 and 83.
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