How Many People Are Named Sandford?
people named Sandford are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,847,485 people in the US has this name
Based on 421 babies named Sandford in Social Security records from 1912 to 1972, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
19 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was a variant of SANFORD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Sandford in English. Counting Sandford and these spellings together, about 5,650 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sandford in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sandford alive today is about 70 years old, and 84% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sandford first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1947, to 19 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1972.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 1972
🏆 Rank History
Sandford has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,778, in 1947.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,778 (1947) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,471 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sandford alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sandford were born in New York than in any other state: about 3 of those alive today.
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