Sanford
Sanford is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. Its best rank was 304th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1929315 births
- Best rank
- #304in 1882
- Since 1880
- 15,031people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,031 boys have been named Sanford in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1929, with 315 births.
The name has all but left use: 12 births in 2024, against 315 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1940, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 94 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Sanford | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 252 | |
| 1890s | 240 | |
| 1900s | 294 | |
| 1910s | 1,522 | |
| 1920s | 2,694 | |
| 1930s | 2,474 | |
| 1940s | 2,587 | |
| 1950s | 2,104 | |
| 1960s | 1,382 | |
| 1970s | 625 | |
| 1980s | 339 | |
| 1990s | 199 | |
| 2000s | 132 | |
| 2010s | 118 | |
| 2020s | 69 |
In 1929, its biggest year
Sanford was the 311th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1929 were Robert, James, John, William and Charles. See all of 1929.
Names that rose and fell with Sanford
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nedpeak 1939
- Joepeak 1936
- Rollinpeak 1925
- Autherpeak 1926
- Petepeak 1959
- Edwardpeak 1924
- Burtonpeak 1925
- Dudleypeak 1931
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.