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Stanford
OriginEnglish
Meaning"stony ford"
GenderBoy
US Rank#958
Top 1000
NB Rank#5374
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About Stanford
The name Stanford is currently ranked #958 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #505 in 1931. It is currently rising in popularity.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,841 | 20 | 10.4 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | #4,826 | 21 | 12 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
Famous Stanfords
- Stanford White
American architect, involved in a turn,of,the,century sex scandal and murder
- Stanford Elmer "Stan" Parris
U.S. Congressman from Virginia
- (Isaac) Stanford Jolley
American character actor
- Stanford Moore
American chemist; winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Stanford Sherock Keglar
American NFL football player
- Stanford Bermond Routt
American NFL football player
- Stanford Everett Morse
Jr., American politician from Mississippi
- Leland Stanford
American industrialist, founder of Stanford University
Stanford in pop culture
- Stanford Blatch
character on TV's "Sex and the City"
- Stanford Leonard "Stan" Smith
character on animated series "American Dad!"
- Stanford Pines "Ford
" great uncle on "Gravity Falls", twin to Stanley "Stan"
- Stanford University in Stanford
California, USA
Stanford in blog posts
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