Stafford

#3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births

Peak · boys
#764
1884 · 7 births
Debut · boys
1882
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,850
since 1882

Stafford over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Stafford has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #764, 1884boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,84828
2024#6,19914
2023#6,89712
2022#5,21518
2021#6,03214
2020#5,98014
2019#7,17311
2018#5,54016
2017#6,06014
2016#6,72612
2015#5,99914
2014#7,04811
2013#4,62120
2012#6,62612
2011#7,00911
2010#7,59110
2009#12,4915
2008#6,07014
2007#7,59010
2006#6,46012
2005—
2004#6,52011
2003#7,8318
2002#10,6675
2001#6,44510
2000#4,38917
1999#7,1398
1998#4,87313
1997#4,24615
1996#4,02216
1995#3,55918
1994#3,32620
1993#4,02015
1992#3,22020
1991#2,75324
1990#3,16619
1989#3,61815
1988#2,14629
1987#2,21526
1986#3,26814
1985#2,71018
1984#2,36421
1983#2,49319
1982#2,83116
1981#2,56918
1980#3,43012
1979#2,66917
1978#2,92914
1977#2,66516
1976#2,60116
1975#1,75328
1974#2,35817
1973#2,03620
1972#2,15818
1971#1,78425
1970#1,27842
1969#1,15246
1968#1,57425
1967#1,47627
1966#1,13143
1965#1,16342
1964#1,09648
1963#1,27937
1962#1,21541
1961#1,15646
1960#1,19343
1959#1,06153
1958#1,34533
1957#1,19942
1956#1,07150
1955#1,33932
1954#1,12244
1953#1,17040
1952#1,13642
1951#1,12341
1950#1,08642
1949#1,16337
1948#1,06344
1947#1,27133
1946#1,29929
1945#1,24928
1944#1,19331
1943#1,39925
1942#1,05441
1941#1,63318
1940#1,57319
1939#1,29726
1938#1,61318
1937#1,31326
1936#2,06212
1935#98042
1934#1,65818
1933#1,33025
1932#1,32427
1931#1,36126
1930#1,36828
1929#1,37827
1928#1,61122
1927#1,40728
1926#1,37928
1925#1,30431
1924#1,38029
1923#1,32230
1922#1,33330
1921#1,22635
1920#1,22535
1919#1,09739
1918#1,03143
1917#1,23830
1916#1,24029
1915#1,50521
1914#1,34220
1913#1,07522
1912#1,00021
1911#1,1909
1910#1,04510
1909—
1908—
1907#1,0947
1906—
1905#1,0916
1904—
1903#1,0096
1902#1,1375
1901#8587
1900—
1899—
1898—
1897—
1896—
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1894—
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1892—
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1889#8786
1888—
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1884#7647
1883—
1882#9435
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Stafford! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Stafford
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 2,351 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #3,848)
  • 2,132 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #3,848)
  • 2,151 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #3,848)
  • Biggest jump: 678 spots in 1935 (#1,658 → #980)
  • Biggest drop: 1,082 spots in 1936 (#980 → #2,062)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1884 at #764 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · 1882–1935
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,210
  • Highest: 1 in 15,210 boys born in 1901 were named Stafford (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #764 in 1884, was only 1 in 16,349 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 14.7% of all boys named Stafford (419) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18#764 (1884)#862
1890s0——
1900s31#858 (1901)#1,038
1910s244#1,000 (1912)#1,176
1920s295#1,225 (1920)#1,357
1930s248#980 (1935)#1,431
1940s305#1,054 (1942)#1,290
1950s419#1,061 (1959)#1,165
1960s398#1,096 (1964)#1,244
1970s213#1,278 (1970)#2,223
1980s188#2,146 (1988)#2,764
1990s168#2,753 (1991)#4,032
2000s92#4,389 (2000)#7,607
2010s131#4,621 (2013)#6,439
2020s100#3,848 (2025)#5,695

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Stafford in 1942

boys
#1,054
41 births · 1 in 33,687 boys

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #1,054Stafford41
More about 1942

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 33,687 of them was named Stafford, which outranked 73.9% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stafford
  1. #1,036Verlon42
  2. #1,036Weston42
  3. #1,036Whitney42
  4. #1,054Stafford41
  5. #1,054Allison41
  6. #1,054Ann41
  7. #1,054Antone41
  8. #1,074Addison40
  9. #1,074Earlie40
  10. #1,074Emmanuel40

Tied with 19 names at #1,054; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,993Macarthur#3,505 → #512
  2. ↑ 1,546Mcarthur#1,903 → #357
  3. ↑ 655Collin#1,588 → #933
  4. ↑ 514Delmas#1,254 → #740
  5. ↑ 390Colin#713 → #323
Fallers
  1. ↓ 525Otho#971 → #1,496
  2. ↓ 440Florian#918 → #1,358
  3. ↓ 421Martha#960 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 407Watson#951 → #1,358
  5. ↓ 371Gaylen#987 → #1,358

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1942 →