How Many People Are Named Stanford?
people named Stanford are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 88,729 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,727 babies named Stanford 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
135 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "stone 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 Stanford in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Stanford alive today is about 55 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 41 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Stanford first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1954, to 135 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Stanford has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #505, in 1931. In 2025 it ranked #7,127.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,127 |
| Best rank | #505 (1931) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #675 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Stanford alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Stanford were born in California than in any other state: about 211 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Stanford was given 13.3 times as often in Hawaii, 3.4 times in Louisiana and 2.4 times in Pennsylvania.
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