Saford — boys' name
11 babies named Saford in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1941. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Saford was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Saford in 1941 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saford
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Saford between 1941 and 1941, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Saford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1941. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saford performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Saford in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saford in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 11 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Saford at a glance
Last recorded 1941Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Saford popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1941
- Peak year (1941)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1941.
11 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1941 with 11 births in a single year.
Saford by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 11 births that decade — 100% of Saford's all-time total
Saford decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Saford's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Saford by state
Where Saford concentrates geographically — total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Virginia | | 9 | 81.8% |
9 of 11 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Virginia 81.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Virginia accounts for 81.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1941–1941 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.