Sanford

Where Sanford comes from

Reduced variant of Sandford.
— Wiktionary's entry for Sanford
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1823
    Sanford Robinson Gifford born
    American painter
  2. 1844
    Sanford B. Dole born
    American judge
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #305 among boys — 30 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1882
    Peak, #298
    33 babies named Sanford — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1886
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #451.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Sanford B. Dole · American judge, 1844–1926
  • Sanford Robinson Gifford · American painter, 1823–1880
  • Sanford Meisner · American actor and acting teacher, 1905–1997
  • Sanford Bishop · American politician, born 1947
  • Sanford Myron Zeller · American mycologist, 1885–1948

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.