Guilford vs Guillermina
American parents have registered 1,925 Guillerminas since 1880, against 589 Guilfords. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Guilford Guillermina
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 110 years in which either name was published, Guillermina for 82 years and Guilford for 28 years. The lead changed hands 9 times.
- 1885–1925 Guilford ahead
- 1926 Guillermina ahead
- 1927 Guilford ahead
- 1928–1929 Guillermina ahead
- 1930–1932 Guilford ahead
- 1933–1934 Guillermina ahead
- 1935–1939 Guilford ahead
- 1940 Guillermina ahead
- 1941 Guilford ahead
- 1942–2024 Guillermina ahead
Side by side
| Guilford | Guillermina | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 589 | 1,925 |
| Most in one year | 22 | 40 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 120 | 1,600 |
| Median age today | 75 | 49 |
| Peak year | 1923 | 1966 |
| Best rank | 1,644th boys | 1,796th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1885 | 1918 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 589 | 1,925 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Guilfords alive today are over 75; half the Guillerminas are over 49. That is 26 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Guilford and Guillermina.