How Many People Are Named Sanford?
people named Sanford are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 62,540 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,044 babies named Sanford in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
315 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname, originally from a place name, which meant "sand ford" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Sanford in English. Counting Sanford 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 Sanford in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sanford alive today is about 63 years old, and 67% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sanford first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1929, to 315 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sanford has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #304, in 1882. In 2025 it ranked #7,109.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,109 |
| Best rank | #304 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #361 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sanford alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sanford were born in New York than in any other state: about 729 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sanford was given 2.6 times as often in New York, 2.4 times in Hawaii and 2.2 times in Georgia.
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