Sanford — #6813 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Sanford

The Social Security Administration has registered 15,031 babies named Sanford between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sanford currently holds the #6813 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 315 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanford performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,694 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Sanford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 2,386 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Sanford in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sanford 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 15,031 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.