Sanford
#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 33 births
- Debut · boys
- 30 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,044since 1880
Sanford over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Sanford has never cracked the top 200 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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #6,832 | 12 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 2021 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #5,235 | 17 |
| 2019 | #5,153 | 18 |
| 2018 | #5,770 | 15 |
| 2017 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #5,249 | 17 |
| 2007 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #5,131 | 14 |
| 2001 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #2,909 | 23 |
| 1991 | #2,469 | 28 |
| 1990 | #2,214 | 32 |
| 1989 | #2,154 | 32 |
| 1988 | #2,197 | 28 |
| 1987 | #2,169 | 27 |
| 1986 | #1,873 | 32 |
| 1985 | #2,071 | 27 |
| 1984 | #2,098 | 25 |
| 1983 | #1,399 | 45 |
| 1982 | #1,320 | 50 |
| 1981 | #1,865 | 30 |
| 1980 | #1,449 | 43 |
| 1979 | #1,867 | 29 |
| 1978 | #1,452 | 41 |
| 1977 | #1,390 | 43 |
| 1976 | #1,304 | 46 |
| 1975 | #1,304 | 44 |
| 1974 | #1,099 | 56 |
| 1973 | #894 | 80 |
| 1972 | #911 | 77 |
| 1971 | #772 | 112 |
| 1970 | #823 | 97 |
| 1969 | #750 | 109 |
| 1968 | #669 | 125 |
| 1967 | #650 | 132 |
| 1966 | #649 | 130 |
| 1965 | #736 | 101 |
| 1964 | #651 | 141 |
| 1963 | #658 | 140 |
| 1962 | #614 | 158 |
| 1961 | #597 | 175 |
| 1960 | #601 | 171 |
| 1959 | #620 | 156 |
| 1958 | #547 | 198 |
| 1957 | #600 | 164 |
| 1956 | #524 | 204 |
| 1955 | #496 | 221 |
| 1954 | #485 | 222 |
| 1953 | #468 | 227 |
| 1952 | #457 | 238 |
| 1951 | #448 | 226 |
| 1950 | #426 | 248 |
| 1949 | #424 | 257 |
| 1948 | #408 | 277 |
| 1947 | #401 | 293 |
| 1946 | #378 | 298 |
| 1945 | #439 | 185 |
| 1944 | #400 | 226 |
| 1943 | #363 | 285 |
| 1942 | #368 | 273 |
| 1941 | #367 | 253 |
| 1940 | #369 | 240 |
| 1939 | #383 | 220 |
| 1938 | #348 | 256 |
| 1937 | #357 | 227 |
| 1936 | #359 | 227 |
| 1935 | #363 | 225 |
| 1934 | #333 | 266 |
| 1933 | #356 | 231 |
| 1932 | #341 | 260 |
| 1931 | #323 | 287 |
| 1930 | #335 | 275 |
| 1929 | #311 | 315 |
| 1928 | #329 | 295 |
| 1927 | #349 | 281 |
| 1926 | #353 | 270 |
| 1925 | #356 | 273 |
| 1924 | #370 | 265 |
| 1923 | #373 | 256 |
| 1922 | #361 | 273 |
| 1921 | #382 | 250 |
| 1920 | #401 | 216 |
| 1919 | #369 | 246 |
| 1918 | #400 | 222 |
| 1917 | #415 | 185 |
| 1916 | #375 | 215 |
| 1915 | #356 | 226 |
| 1914 | #415 | 132 |
| 1913 | #418 | 107 |
| 1912 | #401 | 92 |
| 1911 | #409 | 49 |
| 1910 | #370 | 48 |
| 1909 | #408 | 36 |
| 1908 | #389 | 36 |
| 1907 | #429 | 29 |
| 1906 | #363 | 33 |
| 1905 | #370 | 31 |
| 1904 | #354 | 32 |
| 1903 | #430 | 22 |
| 1902 | #373 | 28 |
| 1901 | #359 | 26 |
| 1900 | #518 | 21 |
| 1899 | #355 | 26 |
| 1898 | #364 | 28 |
| 1897 | #375 | 25 |
| 1896 | #388 | 25 |
| 1895 | #399 | 23 |
| 1894 | #349 | 27 |
| 1893 | #401 | 20 |
| 1892 | #375 | 26 |
| 1891 | #325 | 27 |
| 1890 | #533 | 13 |
| 1889 | #351 | 25 |
| 1888 | #398 | 22 |
| 1887 | #352 | 22 |
| 1886 | #451 | 16 |
| 1885 | #380 | 22 |
| 1884 | #306 | 32 |
| 1883 | #359 | 22 |
| 1882 | #298 | 33 |
| 1881 | #307 | 28 |
| 1880 | #305 | 30 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Sanford was already there! It came in at #305, and was given to 30 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2009–2011, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Sanford is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- South Dakota#206 · 1 in 1,551
- Hawaii#230 · 1 in 1,245
- Ohio#339 · 1 in 5,872
- Alabama#368 · 1 in 4,161
- Tennessee#383 · 1 in 5,631
Best ever in a state: #96 in Vermont, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #206 | 5 | 1 in 1,551 |
| Hawaii | #230 | 6 | 1 in 1,245 |
| Ohio | #339 | 19 | 1 in 5,872 |
| Alabama | #368 | 9 | 1 in 4,161 |
| Tennessee | #383 | 7 | 1 in 5,631 |
| Virginia | #390 | 8 | 1 in 5,412 |
| New Jersey | #452 | 6 | 1 in 10,519 |
| Georgia | #463 | 7 | 1 in 6,833 |
| New York | #483 | 19 | 1 in 9,450 |
| Louisiana | #489 | 7 | 1 in 5,894 |
| North Carolina | #497 | 6 | 1 in 8,807 |
| Michigan | #515 | 7 | 1 in 13,316 |
| Florida | #534 | 6 | 1 in 9,163 |
| Illinois | #634 | 7 | 1 in 16,272 |
| California | #821 | 8 | 1 in 23,624 |
| Texas | #903 | 6 | 1 in 19,934 |
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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 Sanford
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 29 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #6,803)
- 1,568 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #6,803)
- 479 spots since 2015 (#6,324 → #6,803)
- Biggest jump: 208 spots in 1891 (#533 → #325)
- Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1974 (#894 → #1,099)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #298 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 94 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1973
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,415
- Highest: 1 in 3,415 boys born in 1929 were named Sanford (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #298 in 1882, was only 1 in 3,445 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 17.9% of all boys named Sanford (2,694) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 252 | #298 (1882) | #351 |
| 1890s | 240 | #325 (1891) | #386 |
| 1900s | 294 | #354 (1904) | #399 |
| 1910s | 1,522 | #356 (1915) | #393 |
| 1920s | 2,694 | #311 (1929) | #359 |
| 1930s | 2,474 | #323 (1931) | #350 |
| 1940s | 2,587 | #363 (1943) | #392 |
| 1950s | 2,104 | #426 (1950) | #507 |
| 1960s | 1,382 | #597 (1961) | #658 |
| 1970s | 625 | #772 (1971) | #1,182 |
| 1980s | 339 | #1,320 (1982) | #1,860 |
| 1990s | 199 | #2,214 (1990) | #3,528 |
| 2000s | 132 | #4,204 (2000) | #5,962 |
| 2010s | 119 | #5,153 (2019) | #7,152 |
| 2020s | 81 | #5,019 (2022) | #6,524 |
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.
Sanford in 1961
boys
#597
175 births · 1 in 12,138 boys
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 12,138 of them was named Sanford, which outranked 87.2% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).