Meaning not yet researched.
Stanford: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 12 in 2025. Its best rank was #505 in 1931.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #505 in 1931; #7,131 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Stanford in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#7,131 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1931, at #505.
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Stanford: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 12 boys in 2025. Peak: #505 in 1931 · most boys in one year: 135 (1954).
In 2025, 12 US boys were named Stanford, making it the 7,131st most common boys’ name of the year, up 557 places from #7,688 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 11 boys named Stanford in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #505, reached in 1931. The most boys given the name in a single year was 135, in 1954. For comparison, it was #5,261 in 2015 and #635 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Stanford in 131 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 7,727 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 1,191 babies named Stanford.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 135 US boys were named Stanford; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 21. In 2025 that was about 1 in 142,340 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Ford (11,026 babies since 1880) and Stan (8,480 babies since 1880).
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.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Stanford in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 12 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | — | — | 11 | #7,688 |
| 2023 | — | — | 7 | #10,656 |
| 2022 | — | — | 21 | #4,827 |
| 2021 | — | — | 19 | #5,083 |
| 2020 | — | — | 13 | #6,573 |
| 2019 | — | — | 7 | #10,653 |
| 2018 | — | — | 17 | #5,509 |
| 2017 | — | — | 16 | #5,746 |
| 2016 | — | — | 12 | #7,086 |
| 2015 | — | — | 18 | #5,261 |
| 2014 | — | — | 20 | #4,842 |
| 2013 | — | — | 15 | #5,882 |
| 2012 | — | — | 21 | #4,656 |
| 2011 | — | — | 7 | #10,627 |
| 2010 | — | — | 16 | #5,695 |
| 2009 | — | — | 12 | #7,171 |
| 2008 | — | — | 15 | #6,026 |
| 2007 | — | — | 14 | #6,216 |
| 2006 | — | — | 21 | #4,492 |
| 2005 | — | — | 22 | #4,167 |
| 2004 | — | — | 19 | #4,575 |
| 2003 | — | — | 21 | #4,087 |
| 2002 | — | — | 23 | #3,768 |
| 2001 | — | — | 21 | #3,955 |
| 2000 | — | — | 17 | #4,538 |
| 1999 | — | — | 18 | #4,131 |
| 1998 | — | — | 25 | #3,177 |
| 1997 | — | — | 29 | #2,740 |
| 1996 | — | — | 29 | #2,666 |
| 1995 | — | — | 37 | #2,203 |
| 1994 | — | — | 29 | #2,606 |
| 1993 | — | — | 36 | #2,203 |
| 1992 | — | — | 38 | #2,081 |
| 1991 | — | — | 57 | #1,544 |
| 1990 | — | — | 36 | #2,079 |
| 1989 | — | — | 43 | #1,791 |
| 1988 | — | — | 52 | #1,477 |
| 1987 | — | — | 49 | #1,480 |
| 1986 | — | — | 45 | #1,508 |
| 1985 | — | — | 47 | #1,449 |
| 1984 | — | — | 38 | #1,603 |
| 1983 | — | — | 45 | #1,424 |
| 1982 | — | — | 50 | #1,340 |
| 1981 | — | — | 50 | #1,330 |
| 1980 | — | — | 37 | #1,615 |
| 1979 | — | — | 51 | #1,303 |
| 1978 | — | — | 39 | #1,503 |
| 1977 | — | — | 41 | #1,447 |
| 1976 | — | — | 35 | #1,567 |
| 1975 | — | — | 53 | #1,166 |
| 1974 | — | — | 55 | #1,114 |
| 1973 | — | — | 71 | #961 |
| 1972 | — | — | 75 | #928 |
| 1971 | — | — | 95 | #836 |
| 1970 | — | — | 70 | #967 |
| 1969 | — | — | 73 | #899 |
| 1968 | — | — | 97 | #754 |
| 1967 | — | — | 83 | #800 |
| 1966 | — | — | 92 | #765 |
| 1965 | — | — | 99 | #748 |
| 1964 | — | — | 79 | #859 |
| 1963 | — | — | 92 | #794 |
| 1962 | — | — | 113 | #724 |
| 1961 | — | — | 104 | #757 |
| 1960 | — | — | 104 | #758 |
| 1959 | — | — | 101 | #760 |
| 1958 | — | — | 113 | #711 |
| 1957 | — | — | 132 | #663 |
| 1956 | — | — | 124 | #678 |
| 1955 | — | — | 105 | #713 |
| 1954 | — | — | 135 | #636 |
| 1953 | — | — | 114 | #668 |
| 1952 | — | — | 126 | #627 |
| 1951 | — | — | 122 | #644 |
| 1950 | — | — | 119 | #635 |
| 1949 | — | — | 128 | #605 |
| 1948 | — | — | 128 | #596 |
| 1947 | — | — | 113 | #650 |
| 1946 | — | — | 97 | #658 |
| 1945 | — | — | 84 | #662 |
| 1944 | — | — | 95 | #632 |
| 1943 | — | — | 74 | #761 |
| 1942 | — | — | 96 | #662 |
| 1941 | — | — | 92 | #639 |
| 1940 | — | — | 79 | #685 |
| 1939 | — | — | 82 | #658 |
| 1938 | — | — | 105 | #573 |
| 1937 | — | — | 85 | #646 |
| 1936 | — | — | 90 | #616 |
| 1935 | — | — | 86 | #639 |
| 1934 | — | — | 103 | #584 |
| 1933 | — | — | 92 | #609 |
| 1932 | — | — | 86 | #663 |
| 1931 | — | — | 130 | #505 |
| 1930 | — | — | 101 | #616 |
| 1929 | — | — | 118 | #541 |
| 1928 | — | — | 118 | #566 |
| 1927 | — | — | 131 | #540 |
| 1926 | — | — | 100 | #630 |
| 1925 | — | — | 94 | #662 |
| 1924 | — | — | 93 | #676 |
| 1923 | — | — | 92 | #669 |
| 1922 | — | — | 119 | #593 |
| 1921 | — | — | 93 | #673 |
| 1920 | — | — | 97 | #644 |
| 1919 | — | — | 90 | #647 |
| 1918 | — | — | 92 | #644 |
| 1917 | — | — | 107 | #575 |
| 1916 | — | — | 76 | #684 |
| 1915 | — | — | 87 | #620 |
| 1914 | — | — | 68 | #615 |
| 1913 | — | — | 58 | #578 |
| 1912 | — | — | 43 | #648 |
| 1911 | — | — | 21 | #702 |
| 1910 | — | — | 20 | #673 |
| 1909 | — | — | 20 | #608 |
| 1908 | — | — | 15 | #709 |
| 1907 | — | — | 16 | #661 |
| 1906 | — | — | 13 | #701 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,219 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #955 |
| 1903 | — | — | 10 | #774 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,197 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #830 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #1,042 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #987 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,069 |
| 1894 | — | — | 10 | #723 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #909 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #898 |
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).