Stafford
Stafford is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. Its best rank was 837th, in 1884.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 195953 births
- Best rank
- #837in 1884
- Since 1882
- 2,822people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,822 boys have been named Stafford in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 53 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1956, and the 1950s alone account for 15%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Stafford | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | |
| 1900s | 31 | |
| 1910s | 244 | |
| 1920s | 295 | |
| 1930s | 248 | |
| 1940s | 305 | |
| 1950s | 419 | |
| 1960s | 398 | |
| 1970s | 213 | |
| 1980s | 188 | |
| 1990s | 168 | |
| 2000s | 92 | |
| 2010s | 131 | |
| 2020s | 72 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Stafford was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1959 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Stafford
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Daviepeak 1955
- Arniepeak 1960
- Prenticepeak 1939
- Nickpeak 1960
- Thurstonpeak 1918
- Stanfordpeak 1954
- Carltonpeak 1957
- Lovellpeak 1916
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.