Stanford

#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births

Peak · boys
1931 · 130 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,727
since 1880

Stanford over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Stanford has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #503, 1931boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#6,80312
2024#7,25711
2023#9,7637
2022#4,70121
2021#4,93619
2020#6,29613
2019#9,7567
2018#5,32017
2017#5,52616
2016#6,72612
2015#5,05818
2014#4,70220
2013#5,65915
2012#4,53321
2011#9,6007
2010#5,47816
2009#6,80212
2008#5,76715
2007#5,90114
2006#4,37021
2005#4,06222
2004#4,42119
2003#3,97621
2002#3,67023
2001#3,84221
2000#4,38917
1999#3,98618
1998#3,09225
1997#2,68029
1996#2,59029
1995#2,17837
1994#2,55629
1993#2,16236
1992#2,04638
1991#1,52857
1990#2,04936
1989#1,76643
1988#1,46752
1987#1,46749
1986#1,49345
1985#1,42947
1984#1,58138
1983#1,39945
1982#1,32050
1981#1,30950
1980#1,59337
1979#1,29151
1978#1,48739
1977#1,43141
1976#1,54135
1975#1,16053
1974#1,10955
1973#95771
1972#92175
1971#82895
1970#95970
1969#89373
1968#75197
1967#79983
1966#76292
1965#74599
1964#85479
1963#79292
1962#721113
1961#755104
1960#757104
1959#756101
1958#703113
1957#661132
1956#677124
1955#713105
1954#633135
1953#665114
1952#624126
1951#641122
1950#633119
1949#604128
1948#592128
1947#647113
1946#65497
1945#65784
1944#62995
1943#75174
1942#65296
1941#63692
1940#68179
1939#65682
1938#571105
1937#63785
1936#61490
1935#63386
1934#582103
1933#60692
1932#65786
1931#503130
1930#610101
1929#536118
1928#562118
1927#536131
1926#627100
1925#65994
1924#67193
1923#66892
1922#588119
1921#67293
1920#64097
1919#64590
1918#64192
1917#571107
1916#68076
1915#61687
1914#60968
1913#57358
1912#63543
1911#68921
1910#65420
1909#59020
1908#68515
1907#63416
1906#67413
1905#1,0916
1904#8748
1903#73410
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1900#78511
1899#9286
1898#8857
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1895#9786
1894#66810
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1887#8196
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1880#8096
First appearance
1880

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 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedALGeorgia: #415 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,346 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedHITexas: #1,042 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 20,942 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Stanford, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#415 · 1 in 4,346
  2. Texas#1,042 · 1 in 20,942

Best ever in a state: #143 in Utah, 1915.

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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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1931 at #503 (130 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 43 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1906–1973
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,997
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 15.4% of all boys named Stanford (1,191) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s12#809 (1880)#814
1890s29#668 (1894)#865
1900s104#590 (1909)#792
1910s662#571 (1917)#631
1920s1,055#536 (1927)#616
1930s960#503 (1931)#607
1940s986#592 (1948)#650
1950s1,191#624 (1952)#671
1960s936#721 (1962)#783
1970s585#828 (1971)#1,168
1980s456#1,309 (1981)#1,482
1990s334#1,528 (1991)#2,487
2000s185#3,670 (2002)#4,720
2010s149#4,533 (2012)#6,236
2020s83#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 1973

boys
#957
71 births · 1 in 21,952 boys

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #957Stanford71
More about 1973

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 21,952 of them was named Stanford, which outranked 83.7% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stanford
  1. #948Moshe72
  2. #948Roscoe72
  3. #948Tristan72
  4. #957Stanford71
  5. #957Donta71
  6. #957Fredric71
  7. #957Isidro71
  8. #962Abram70
  9. #962Brion70
  10. #962Cruz70

Tied with 4 names at #957; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973 →