Stoddard — boys' name
24 babies named Stoddard in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
79% of everyone ever named Stoddard was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Stoddard in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Stoddard
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Stoddard between 1911 and 1943, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stoddard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1943. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Stoddard performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Stoddard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Stoddard 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 24 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.
Stoddard at a glance
Last recorded 1943Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Stoddard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1911
- Peak year (1916)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1943.
24 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 8 births in a single year.
Stoddard by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 19 births that decade — 79% of Stoddard's all-time total
Stoddard decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Stoddard's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 79% 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, 1911–1943 (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.