Meaning not yet researched.
Sanford: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 12 in 2025. Its best rank was #304 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #304 in 1882; #7,113 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Sanford in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#7,113 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #304.
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Sanford: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 12 boys in 2025. Peak: #304 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 315 (1929).
In 2025, 12 US boys were named Sanford, making it the 7,113th most common boys’ name of the year, up 78 places from #7,191 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 12 boys named Sanford in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #304, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 315, in 1929. For comparison, it was #6,611 in 2015 and #427 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sanford in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 30 babies with the name. In all, 15,044 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,694 babies named Sanford.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 139 US boys were named Sanford; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 19. In 2025 that was about 1 in 142,340 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
The open nickname list we use links it to Sandy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 12 | #7,113 |
| 2024 | — | — | 12 | #7,191 |
| 2023 | — | — | 8 | #9,597 |
| 2022 | — | — | 19 | #5,183 |
| 2021 | — | — | 13 | #6,608 |
| 2020 | — | — | 17 | #5,419 |
| 2019 | — | — | 18 | #5,307 |
| 2018 | — | — | 15 | #5,994 |
| 2017 | — | — | 12 | #7,025 |
| 2016 | — | — | 13 | #6,659 |
| 2015 | — | — | 13 | #6,611 |
| 2014 | — | — | 12 | #6,981 |
| 2013 | — | — | 7 | #10,532 |
| 2012 | — | — | 14 | #6,252 |
| 2011 | — | — | 6 | #12,008 |
| 2010 | — | — | 9 | #8,668 |
| 2009 | — | — | 9 | #8,873 |
| 2008 | — | — | 17 | #5,448 |
| 2007 | — | — | 11 | #7,492 |
| 2006 | — | — | 12 | #6,832 |
| 2005 | — | — | 14 | #5,825 |
| 2004 | — | — | 14 | #5,742 |
| 2003 | — | — | 10 | #7,150 |
| 2002 | — | — | 14 | #5,344 |
| 2001 | — | — | 13 | #5,615 |
| 2000 | — | — | 18 | #4,351 |
| 1999 | — | — | 15 | #4,718 |
| 1998 | — | — | 16 | #4,375 |
| 1997 | — | — | 17 | #4,022 |
| 1996 | — | — | 14 | #4,570 |
| 1995 | — | — | 16 | #4,014 |
| 1994 | — | — | 20 | #3,444 |
| 1993 | — | — | 18 | #3,629 |
| 1992 | — | — | 23 | #2,985 |
| 1991 | — | — | 28 | #2,532 |
| 1990 | — | — | 32 | #2,249 |
| 1989 | — | — | 32 | #2,195 |
| 1988 | — | — | 28 | #2,241 |
| 1987 | — | — | 27 | #2,205 |
| 1986 | — | — | 32 | #1,911 |
| 1985 | — | — | 27 | #2,113 |
| 1984 | — | — | 25 | #2,149 |
| 1983 | — | — | 45 | #1,423 |
| 1982 | — | — | 50 | #1,339 |
| 1981 | — | — | 30 | #1,893 |
| 1980 | — | — | 43 | #1,468 |
| 1979 | — | — | 29 | #1,899 |
| 1978 | — | — | 41 | #1,470 |
| 1977 | — | — | 43 | #1,403 |
| 1976 | — | — | 46 | #1,313 |
| 1975 | — | — | 44 | #1,319 |
| 1974 | — | — | 56 | #1,108 |
| 1973 | — | — | 80 | #896 |
| 1972 | — | — | 77 | #915 |
| 1971 | — | — | 112 | #772 |
| 1970 | — | — | 97 | #824 |
| 1969 | — | — | 109 | #751 |
| 1968 | — | — | 125 | #673 |
| 1967 | — | — | 132 | #651 |
| 1966 | — | — | 130 | #651 |
| 1965 | — | — | 101 | #739 |
| 1964 | — | — | 141 | #654 |
| 1963 | — | — | 140 | #659 |
| 1962 | — | — | 158 | #615 |
| 1961 | — | — | 175 | #599 |
| 1960 | — | — | 171 | #603 |
| 1959 | — | — | 156 | #620 |
| 1958 | — | — | 198 | #550 |
| 1957 | — | — | 164 | #600 |
| 1956 | — | — | 204 | #524 |
| 1955 | — | — | 221 | #498 |
| 1954 | — | — | 222 | #485 |
| 1953 | — | — | 227 | #468 |
| 1952 | — | — | 238 | #457 |
| 1951 | — | — | 226 | #449 |
| 1950 | — | — | 248 | #427 |
| 1949 | — | — | 257 | #424 |
| 1948 | — | — | 277 | #408 |
| 1947 | — | — | 293 | #402 |
| 1946 | — | — | 298 | #379 |
| 1945 | — | — | 185 | #439 |
| 1944 | — | — | 226 | #400 |
| 1943 | — | — | 285 | #363 |
| 1942 | — | — | 273 | #369 |
| 1941 | — | — | 253 | #368 |
| 1940 | — | — | 240 | #369 |
| 1939 | — | — | 220 | #383 |
| 1938 | — | — | 256 | #348 |
| 1937 | — | — | 227 | #357 |
| 1936 | — | — | 227 | #360 |
| 1935 | — | — | 225 | #363 |
| 1934 | — | — | 266 | #335 |
| 1933 | — | — | 231 | #357 |
| 1932 | — | — | 260 | #342 |
| 1931 | — | — | 287 | #323 |
| 1930 | — | — | 275 | #335 |
| 1929 | — | — | 315 | #311 |
| 1928 | — | — | 295 | #329 |
| 1927 | — | — | 281 | #349 |
| 1926 | — | — | 270 | #354 |
| 1925 | — | — | 273 | #357 |
| 1924 | — | — | 265 | #371 |
| 1923 | — | — | 256 | #374 |
| 1922 | — | — | 273 | #361 |
| 1921 | — | — | 250 | #382 |
| 1920 | — | — | 216 | #402 |
| 1919 | — | — | 246 | #369 |
| 1918 | — | — | 222 | #400 |
| 1917 | — | — | 185 | #416 |
| 1916 | — | — | 215 | #376 |
| 1915 | — | — | 226 | #357 |
| 1914 | — | — | 132 | #416 |
| 1913 | — | — | 107 | #419 |
| 1912 | — | — | 92 | #402 |
| 1911 | — | — | 49 | #413 |
| 1910 | — | — | 48 | #375 |
| 1909 | — | — | 36 | #417 |
| 1908 | — | — | 36 | #394 |
| 1907 | — | — | 29 | #435 |
| 1906 | — | — | 33 | #376 |
| 1905 | — | — | 31 | #380 |
| 1904 | — | — | 32 | #357 |
| 1903 | — | — | 22 | #447 |
| 1902 | — | — | 28 | #378 |
| 1901 | — | — | 26 | #370 |
| 1900 | — | — | 21 | #531 |
| 1899 | — | — | 26 | #360 |
| 1898 | — | — | 28 | #373 |
| 1897 | — | — | 25 | #381 |
| 1896 | — | — | 25 | #395 |
| 1895 | — | — | 23 | #411 |
| 1894 | — | — | 27 | #356 |
| 1893 | — | — | 20 | #416 |
| 1892 | — | — | 26 | #379 |
| 1891 | — | — | 27 | #332 |
| 1890 | — | — | 13 | #561 |
| 1889 | — | — | 25 | #357 |
| 1888 | — | — | 22 | #403 |
| 1887 | — | — | 22 | #354 |
| 1886 | — | — | 16 | #466 |
| 1885 | — | — | 22 | #384 |
| 1884 | — | — | 32 | #312 |
| 1883 | — | — | 22 | #370 |
| 1882 | — | — | 33 | #304 |
| 1881 | — | — | 28 | #312 |
| 1880 | — | — | 30 | #312 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).