Ledford comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning "Ford near a watercourse".
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How popular is Ledford?
1916peak year
Today, Ledford has effectively disappeared from U.S. birth records. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1916, 12 babies were given the name (ranked #2336 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1920s. In all, around 248 babies have been registered as Ledford since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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