Stanford
Stanford is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 505th, in 1931.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1954135 births
- Best rank
- #505in 1931
- Since 1880
- 7,714people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,714 boys have been named Stanford in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1954, with 135 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1950, and the 1950s alone account for 15%. It has spent 75 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Stanford | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | |
| 1890s | 29 | |
| 1900s | 104 | |
| 1910s | 662 | |
| 1920s | 1,055 | |
| 1930s | 960 | |
| 1940s | 986 | |
| 1950s | 1,191 | |
| 1960s | 936 | |
| 1970s | 585 | |
| 1980s | 455 | |
| 1990s | 334 | |
| 2000s | 185 | |
| 2010s | 149 | |
| 2020s | 71 |
In 1954, its biggest year
Stanford was the 636th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1954 were Michael, Robert, James, John and David. See all of 1954.
Names that rose and fell with Stanford
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wymanpeak 1922
- Reynoldpeak 1922
- Feltonpeak 1948
- Ezellpeak 1951
- Wardellpeak 1950
- Melvinpeak 1928
- Erskinepeak 1947
- Lorinpeak 1965
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.