Stanford

#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births

Peak · boys
1931 · 130 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,727
since 1880

Stanford over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Stanford has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #503, 1931boys
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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#6,80312
2024#7,25711
2023#9,7637
2022#4,70121
2021#4,93619
2020#6,29613
2019#9,7567
2018#5,32017
2017#5,52616
2016#6,72612
2015#5,05818
2014#4,70220
2013#5,65915
2012#4,53321
2011#9,6007
2010#5,47816
2009#6,80212
2008#5,76715
2007#5,90114
2006#4,37021
2005#4,06222
2004#4,42119
2003#3,97621
2002#3,67023
2001#3,84221
2000#4,38917
1999#3,98618
1998#3,09225
1997#2,68029
1996#2,59029
1995#2,17837
1994#2,55629
1993#2,16236
1992#2,04638
1991#1,52857
1990#2,04936
1989#1,76643
1988#1,46752
1987#1,46749
1986#1,49345
1985#1,42947
1984#1,58138
1983#1,39945
1982#1,32050
1981#1,30950
1980#1,59337
1979#1,29151
1978#1,48739
1977#1,43141
1976#1,54135
1975#1,16053
1974#1,10955
1973#95771
1972#92175
1971#82895
1970#95970
1969#89373
1968#75197
1967#79983
1966#76292
1965#74599
1964#85479
1963#79292
1962#721113
1961#755104
1960#757104
1959#756101
1958#703113
1957#661132
1956#677124
1955#713105
1954#633135
1953#665114
1952#624126
1951#641122
1950#633119
1949#604128
1948#592128
1947#647113
1946#65497
1945#65784
1944#62995
1943#75174
1942#65296
1941#63692
1940#68179
1939#65682
1938#571105
1937#63785
1936#61490
1935#63386
1934#582103
1933#60692
1932#65786
1931#503130
1930#610101
1929#536118
1928#562118
1927#536131
1926#627100
1925#65994
1924#67193
1923#66892
1922#588119
1921#67293
1920#64097
1919#64590
1918#64192
1917#571107
1916#68076
1915#61687
1914#60968
1913#57358
1912#63543
1911#68921
1910#65420
1909#59020
1908#68515
1907#63416
1906#67413
1905#1,0916
1904#8748
1903#73410
1902
1901#1,0585
1900#78511
1899#9286
1898#8857
1897
1896
1895#9786
1894#66810
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887#8196
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Stanford was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1886, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Stanford
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 454 spots since 2024 (#7,257#6,803)
  • 507 spots since 2020 (#6,296#6,803)
  • 1,745 spots since 2015 (#5,058#6,803)
  • Biggest jump: 417 spots in 1906 (#1,091#674)
  • Biggest drop: 310 spots in 1895 (#668#978)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1931 at #503 (130 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 43 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1906–1973
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,997
  • Highest: 1 in 7,997 boys born in 1931 were named Stanford (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 15.4% of all boys named Stanford (1,191) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s12#809 (1880)#814
1890s29#668 (1894)#865
1900s104#590 (1909)#792
1910s662#571 (1917)#631
1920s1,055#536 (1927)#616
1930s960#503 (1931)#607
1940s986#592 (1948)#650
1950s1,191#624 (1952)#671
1960s936#721 (1962)#783
1970s585#828 (1971)#1,168
1980s456#1,309 (1981)#1,482
1990s334#1,528 (1991)#2,487
2000s185#3,670 (2002)#4,720
2010s149#4,533 (2012)#6,236
2020s83#4,701 (2022)#6,626

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.

Stanford in 1921

boys
#672
93 births · 1 in 11,844 boys

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #672Stanford93
More about 1921

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 11,844 of them was named Stanford, which outranked 86.5% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stanford
  1. #668Ernie94
  2. #668Franklyn94
  3. #668Santiago94
  4. #672Stanford93
  5. #672Frankie93
  6. #674Buck92
  7. #674Clare92
  8. #674Sherwood92

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 828Kevin#1,543#715
  2. 499Enrico#1,157#658
  3. 435Richmond#1,225#790
  4. 427Reynaldo#1,252#825
  5. 425Art#1,416#991
Fallers
  1. 391Stacy#835#1,226
  2. 279Gorden#947#1,226
  3. 248Brady#653#901
  4. 246Guillermo#812#1,058
  5. 219Lindsay#903#1,122

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

See the top 100 for 1921