Sandford
- Last seen for boys in 1972 at #3,963
- Peak · boys
- 1947 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 421since 1912
Sandford over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Sandford has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
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| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1949 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
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| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
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| 1921 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
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| 1918 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
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| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Sandford! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1915, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Sandford is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Sandford in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1972
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1947 at #1,733 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 71,657
- Highest: 1 in 71,657 boys born in 1912 were named Sandford (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,658 boys born in 1972 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,733 in 1947, was only 1 in 96,295 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1940s
- 22.8% of all boys named Sandford (96) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 30 | #2,269 (1912) | #3,153 |
| 1920s | 68 | #2,765 (1920) | #3,327 |
| 1930s | 50 | #2,301 (1936) | #3,095 |
| 1940s | 96 | #1,733 (1947) | #2,601 |
| 1950s | 94 | #1,941 (1950) | #2,734 |
| 1960s | 76 | #2,470 (1967) | #3,288 |
| 1970s | 7 | #3,963 (1972) | #3,963 |
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.
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