Tilford comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning "From the tilia tree ford.".
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How popular is Tilford?
1922peak year
Today, Tilford has effectively disappeared from U.S. birth records. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1922, 29 babies were given the name (ranked #1392 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1920s. In all, around 640 babies have been registered as Tilford since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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