Sanford

Boy name

Sanford has been given to 15,044 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1929.

Meaning & origin /ˈsænfɚd/

Reduced variant of Sandford.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

15,044

Peak year

1929 (315 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -8%

Gender split

All boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Sanford.

15,052 babies since 1898

15,065 babies since 1880

14,376 babies since 1880

15,958 babies since 1880

15,968 babies since 1885

16,351 babies since 1880

13,538 babies since 1880

13,122 babies since 1880

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