Stafford
#3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,850since 1882
Stafford over time
Rank among boys' names. Stafford has never cracked the top 700 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 | #3,848 | 28 |
| 2024 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #6,897 | 12 |
| 2022 | #5,215 | 18 |
| 2021 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #4,621 | 20 |
| 2012 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #4,246 | 15 |
| 1996 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | #3,559 | 18 |
| 1994 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | #2,753 | 24 |
| 1990 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #2,146 | 29 |
| 1987 | #2,215 | 26 |
| 1986 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #2,364 | 21 |
| 1983 | #2,493 | 19 |
| 1982 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #2,569 | 18 |
| 1980 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #2,929 | 14 |
| 1977 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #1,753 | 28 |
| 1974 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #2,158 | 18 |
| 1971 | #1,784 | 25 |
| 1970 | #1,278 | 42 |
| 1969 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1968 | #1,574 | 25 |
| 1967 | #1,476 | 27 |
| 1966 | #1,131 | 43 |
| 1965 | #1,163 | 42 |
| 1964 | #1,096 | 48 |
| 1963 | #1,279 | 37 |
| 1962 | #1,215 | 41 |
| 1961 | #1,156 | 46 |
| 1960 | #1,193 | 43 |
| 1959 | #1,061 | 53 |
| 1958 | #1,345 | 33 |
| 1957 | #1,199 | 42 |
| 1956 | #1,071 | 50 |
| 1955 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1954 | #1,122 | 44 |
| 1953 | #1,170 | 40 |
| 1952 | #1,136 | 42 |
| 1951 | #1,123 | 41 |
| 1950 | #1,086 | 42 |
| 1949 | #1,163 | 37 |
| 1948 | #1,063 | 44 |
| 1947 | #1,271 | 33 |
| 1946 | #1,299 | 29 |
| 1945 | #1,249 | 28 |
| 1944 | #1,193 | 31 |
| 1943 | #1,399 | 25 |
| 1942 | #1,054 | 41 |
| 1941 | #1,633 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,573 | 19 |
| 1939 | #1,297 | 26 |
| 1938 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,313 | 26 |
| 1936 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #980 | 42 |
| 1934 | #1,658 | 18 |
| 1933 | #1,330 | 25 |
| 1932 | #1,324 | 27 |
| 1931 | #1,361 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,368 | 28 |
| 1929 | #1,378 | 27 |
| 1928 | #1,611 | 22 |
| 1927 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1926 | #1,379 | 28 |
| 1925 | #1,304 | 31 |
| 1924 | #1,380 | 29 |
| 1923 | #1,322 | 30 |
| 1922 | #1,333 | 30 |
| 1921 | #1,226 | 35 |
| 1920 | #1,225 | 35 |
| 1919 | #1,097 | 39 |
| 1918 | #1,031 | 43 |
| 1917 | #1,238 | 30 |
| 1916 | #1,240 | 29 |
| 1915 | #1,505 | 21 |
| 1914 | #1,342 | 20 |
| 1913 | #1,075 | 22 |
| 1912 | #1,000 | 21 |
| 1911 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
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| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Stafford! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Stafford is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#437 · 1 in 4,231
Best ever in a state: #275 in Louisiana, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #437 | 8 | 1 in 4,231 |
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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 Stafford
- 2,351 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #3,848)
- 2,132 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #3,848)
- 2,151 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #3,848)
- Biggest jump: 678 spots in 1935 (#1,658 → #980)
- Biggest drop: 1,082 spots in 1936 (#980 → #2,062)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1884 at #764 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · 1882–1935
- Highest: 1 in 15,210 boys born in 1901 were named Stafford (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #764 in 1884, was only 1 in 16,349 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 14.7% of all boys named Stafford (419) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #764 (1884) | #862 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 31 | #858 (1901) | #1,038 |
| 1910s | 244 | #1,000 (1912) | #1,176 |
| 1920s | 295 | #1,225 (1920) | #1,357 |
| 1930s | 248 | #980 (1935) | #1,431 |
| 1940s | 305 | #1,054 (1942) | #1,290 |
| 1950s | 419 | #1,061 (1959) | #1,165 |
| 1960s | 398 | #1,096 (1964) | #1,244 |
| 1970s | 213 | #1,278 (1970) | #2,223 |
| 1980s | 188 | #2,146 (1988) | #2,764 |
| 1990s | 168 | #2,753 (1991) | #4,032 |
| 2000s | 92 | #4,389 (2000) | #7,607 |
| 2010s | 131 | #4,621 (2013) | #6,439 |
| 2020s | 100 | #3,848 (2025) | #5,695 |
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.
Stafford in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 44,244 of them was named Stafford, which outranked 76.5% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,260Samual43
- #1,260Sven43
- #1,260Tina43
- #1,278Stafford42
- #1,278Abram42
- #1,278Darold42
- #1,278Davie42
- #1,297Ahmed41
- #1,297Audie41
- #1,297Butch41
Tied with 18 names at #1,278; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.