Stanford
#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 1931 · 130 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,727since 1880
Stanford over time
Rank among boys' names. Stanford has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2021 | #4,936 | 19 |
| 2020 | #6,296 | 13 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #5,320 | 17 |
| 2017 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #4,533 | 21 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #5,478 | 16 |
| 2009 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | #4,062 | 22 |
| 2004 | #4,421 | 19 |
| 2003 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #3,670 | 23 |
| 2001 | #3,842 | 21 |
| 2000 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #3,092 | 25 |
| 1997 | #2,680 | 29 |
| 1996 | #2,590 | 29 |
| 1995 | #2,178 | 37 |
| 1994 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1993 | #2,162 | 36 |
| 1992 | #2,046 | 38 |
| 1991 | #1,528 | 57 |
| 1990 | #2,049 | 36 |
| 1989 | #1,766 | 43 |
| 1988 | #1,467 | 52 |
| 1987 | #1,467 | 49 |
| 1986 | #1,493 | 45 |
| 1985 | #1,429 | 47 |
| 1984 | #1,581 | 38 |
| 1983 | #1,399 | 45 |
| 1982 | #1,320 | 50 |
| 1981 | #1,309 | 50 |
| 1980 | #1,593 | 37 |
| 1979 | #1,291 | 51 |
| 1978 | #1,487 | 39 |
| 1977 | #1,431 | 41 |
| 1976 | #1,541 | 35 |
| 1975 | #1,160 | 53 |
| 1974 | #1,109 | 55 |
| 1973 | #957 | 71 |
| 1972 | #921 | 75 |
| 1971 | #828 | 95 |
| 1970 | #959 | 70 |
| 1969 | #893 | 73 |
| 1968 | #751 | 97 |
| 1967 | #799 | 83 |
| 1966 | #762 | 92 |
| 1965 | #745 | 99 |
| 1964 | #854 | 79 |
| 1963 | #792 | 92 |
| 1962 | #721 | 113 |
| 1961 | #755 | 104 |
| 1960 | #757 | 104 |
| 1959 | #756 | 101 |
| 1958 | #703 | 113 |
| 1957 | #661 | 132 |
| 1956 | #677 | 124 |
| 1955 | #713 | 105 |
| 1954 | #633 | 135 |
| 1953 | #665 | 114 |
| 1952 | #624 | 126 |
| 1951 | #641 | 122 |
| 1950 | #633 | 119 |
| 1949 | #604 | 128 |
| 1948 | #592 | 128 |
| 1947 | #647 | 113 |
| 1946 | #654 | 97 |
| 1945 | #657 | 84 |
| 1944 | #629 | 95 |
| 1943 | #751 | 74 |
| 1942 | #652 | 96 |
| 1941 | #636 | 92 |
| 1940 | #681 | 79 |
| 1939 | #656 | 82 |
| 1938 | #571 | 105 |
| 1937 | #637 | 85 |
| 1936 | #614 | 90 |
| 1935 | #633 | 86 |
| 1934 | #582 | 103 |
| 1933 | #606 | 92 |
| 1932 | #657 | 86 |
| 1931 | #503 | 130 |
| 1930 | #610 | 101 |
| 1929 | #536 | 118 |
| 1928 | #562 | 118 |
| 1927 | #536 | 131 |
| 1926 | #627 | 100 |
| 1925 | #659 | 94 |
| 1924 | #671 | 93 |
| 1923 | #668 | 92 |
| 1922 | #588 | 119 |
| 1921 | #672 | 93 |
| 1920 | #640 | 97 |
| 1919 | #645 | 90 |
| 1918 | #641 | 92 |
| 1917 | #571 | 107 |
| 1916 | #680 | 76 |
| 1915 | #616 | 87 |
| 1914 | #609 | 68 |
| 1913 | #573 | 58 |
| 1912 | #635 | 43 |
| 1911 | #689 | 21 |
| 1910 | #654 | 20 |
| 1909 | #590 | 20 |
| 1908 | #685 | 15 |
| 1907 | #634 | 16 |
| 1906 | #674 | 13 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #785 | 11 |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
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.
Where Stanford is popular in 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#452 · 1 in 4,722
- Illinois#667 · 1 in 10,482
Best ever in a state: #143 in Utah, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arizona | #452 | 5 | 1 in 4,722 |
| Illinois | #667 | 8 | 1 in 10,482 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Stanford
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1931 at #503 (130 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 43 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1906–1973
- 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%)
- 15.4% of all boys named Stanford (1,191) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #809 (1880) | #814 |
| 1890s | 29 | #668 (1894) | #865 |
| 1900s | 104 | #590 (1909) | #792 |
| 1910s | 662 | #571 (1917) | #631 |
| 1920s | 1,055 | #536 (1927) | #616 |
| 1930s | 960 | #503 (1931) | #607 |
| 1940s | 986 | #592 (1948) | #650 |
| 1950s | 1,191 | #624 (1952) | #671 |
| 1960s | 936 | #721 (1962) | #783 |
| 1970s | 585 | #828 (1971) | #1,168 |
| 1980s | 456 | #1,309 (1981) | #1,482 |
| 1990s | 334 | #1,528 (1991) | #2,487 |
| 2000s | 185 | #3,670 (2002) | #4,720 |
| 2010s | 149 | #4,533 (2012) | #6,236 |
| 2020s | 83 | #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 1982
Top boys' names in 1982
More about 1982
boys
1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 36,289 of them was named Stanford, which outranked 82.1% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,310Shedrick51
- #1,310Tate51
- #1,310Trinidad51
- #1,320Stanford50
- #1,320Abelardo50
- #1,320Braxton50
- #1,320Corwin50
- #1,342Amado49
- #1,342Amber49
- #1,342Barney49
Tied with 21 names at #1,320; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.