Standford — boys' name
25 babies named Standford in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Standford was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Standford in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Standford
The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Standford between 1927 and 1955, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Standford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Standford performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Standford shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Standford 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 25 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.
Standford at a glance
Last recorded 1955Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Standford popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1927
- Peak year (1955)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1955.
25 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 10 births in a single year.
Standford by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 15 births that decade — 60% of Standford's all-time total
Standford decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Standford's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
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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, 1927–1955 (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.