first name
STANFORD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,126 people named Stanford, 47.1% reported their origin as White, 38.3% as Black and 6.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Stanford peaked in 1954, when 135 babies got the name.
At least 7,727 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Stanford by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,270. The largest share of babies named Stanford, 27.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Stanford is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Stanford has been most common in Hawaii (14×), Louisiana (3.7×), and Pennsylvania (3×), and least common in Texas (0.59×).
2,817 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Stanford ranks #1,726 of 156,621, with 20,320 people. See Stanford as a last name
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