How Many People Are Named Stafford?
people named Stafford are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 208,787 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,850 babies named Stafford in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
53 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "landing-place ford" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Stafford in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Stafford alive today is about 49 years old, and 41% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 32 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Stafford first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1959, to 53 babies. In 2025, 28 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Stafford has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #837, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #3,932.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,932 |
| Best rank | #837 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,164 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Stafford alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Stafford were born in Louisiana than in any other state: about 124 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Stafford was given 25.6 times as often in Louisiana and 11.1 times in Virginia.
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