Stafford — #6181 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Stafford

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,822 babies named Stafford between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stafford currently holds the #6181 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stafford performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 419 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Stafford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 247 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Stafford in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stafford 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 2,822 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.