Stanford

Boy name

Stanford has been given to 7,727 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1954.

Meaning & origin /ˈstænfəɹd/

Various placenames from Old English stān (“stone”) + ford (“ford”). * (The university): Named after the son of railroad magnate Leland Stanford.

Origin: surnames

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

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Total babies

7,727

Peak year

1954 (135 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -33%

Gender split

All boys

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

7,787 babies since 1925

7,581 babies since 1913

7,406 babies since 1882

7,342 babies since 1880

7,056 babies since 1883

8,467 babies since 1911

8,480 babies since 1914

6,867 babies since 1881

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