Bedford Popularity by Year
Follow Bedford across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Bedford birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Boys | 5 | #12,330 | Down 174 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 5 | #12,156 | Down 3,920 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 5 | #8,236 | Down 1,285 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 5 | #6,951 | Down 428 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 5 | #6,523 | Down 208 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 5 | #6,315 | Down 65 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 5 | #6,250 | Down 478 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 5 | #5,772 | Down 837 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 6 | #4,935 | Up 529 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 5 | #5,464 | Down 1,770 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 8 | #3,694 | Down 99 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 7 | #3,595 | Down 488 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 8 | #3,107 | Up 452 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 6 | #3,559 | Down 932 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 10 | #2,627 | Up 355 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 8 | #2,982 | Down 317 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 10 | #2,665 | Up 193 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 9 | #2,858 | Down 185 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 10 | #2,673 | Up 683 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 7 | #3,356 | Down 19 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 7 | #3,337 | Down 516 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 9 | #2,821 | Down 179 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 10 | #2,642 | Down 11 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 10 | #2,631 | Down 906 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 20 | #1,725 | Down 57 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 21 | #1,668 | Up 619 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 12 | #2,287 | Down 348 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 16 | #1,939 | Up 307 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 12 | #2,246 | Down 39 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 12 | #2,207 | Up 399 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 9 | #2,606 | Down 579 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 14 | #2,027 | Up 49 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 14 | #2,076 | Down 263 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 16 | #1,813 | Down 116 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 16 | #1,697 | Up 498 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 11 | #2,195 | Down 431 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 17 | #1,764 | Down 227 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 21 | #1,537 | Down 5 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 20 | #1,532 | Down 13 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 20 | #1,519 | Up 193 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 16 | #1,712 | Up 189 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 14 | #1,901 | Down 274 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 18 | #1,627 | Up 96 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 16 | #1,723 | Down 301 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 23 | #1,422 | Down 99 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 26 | #1,323 | Up 38 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 24 | #1,361 | Up 104 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 23 | #1,465 | Up 305 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 17 | #1,770 | Down 274 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 24 | #1,496 | Down 358 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 37 | #1,138 | Up 116 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 33 | #1,254 | Up 214 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 26 | #1,468 | Up 97 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 23 | #1,565 | Down 233 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 30 | #1,332 | Down 215 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 41 | #1,117 | Up 303 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 27 | #1,420 | Down 24 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 28 | #1,396 | Down 36 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 30 | #1,360 | Down 37 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 30 | #1,323 | Up 126 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 25 | #1,449 | Down 106 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 28 | #1,343 | Up 136 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 23 | #1,479 | Up 292 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 17 | #1,771 | Down 554 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 29 | #1,217 | Down 116 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 27 | #1,101 | Up 210 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 16 | #1,311 | Up 1,233 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 5 | #2,544 | Down 804 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 5 | #1,740 | Down 319 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 6 | #1,421 | Down 144 places |
| 1909 | Boys | 6 | #1,277 | Up 96 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 5 | #1,373 | Down 279 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 7 | #1,094 | Up 17 places |
| 1906 | Boys | 6 | #1,111 | Down 20 places |
| 1905 | Boys | 6 | #1,091 | Down 125 places |
| 1904 | Boys | 7 | #966 | Up 164 places |
| 1903 | Boys | 5 | #1,130 | Down 117 places |
| 1902 | Boys | 6 | #1,013 | Down 70 places |
| 1901 | Boys | 6 | #943 | Up 108 places |
| 1899 | Boys | 5 | #1,051 | Down 49 places |
| 1898 | Boys | 6 | #1,002 | Down 24 places |
| 1895 | Boys | 6 | #978 | Up 96 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 5 | #1,074 | Down 213 places |
| 1892 | Boys | 7 | #861 | Up 17 places |
| 1889 | Boys | 6 | #878 | Up 153 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 5 | #1,031 | Down 352 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 8 | #679 | Up 280 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 5 | #959 | Up 12 places |
| 1884 | Boys | 5 | #971 | Down 280 places |
| 1882 | Boys | 8 | #691 | Up 175 places |
| 1881 | Boys | 5 | #866 | Down 121 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 7 | #745 | — |