Sanford
Rank in 2025
#6803
recorded as boys
Up 29 since 2024
Babies in 2025
12
boys 12
Peak year
1929
315 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
15,044
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Sanford was most popular in 1929, when 315 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.29 per 1,000). In 2025, 12 babies were named Sanford, ranking #6803 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 30%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 12 | 6803 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 12 | 6832 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 8 | 8921 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 19 | 5019 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 13 | 6335 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 17 | 5235 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 18 | 5153 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 15 | 5770 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 12 | 6685 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 13 | 6349 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 13 | 6324 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 12 | 6632 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 14 | 6001 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 6 | 10808 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 9 | 8139 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 9 | 8310 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 17 | 5249 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 11 | 7094 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 12 | 6460 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 14 | 5578 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 14 | 5492 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 10 | 6715 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 14 | 5131 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 13 | 5390 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 18 | 4204 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 15 | 4537 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 16 | 4197 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 17 | 3877 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 14 | 4396 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 16 | 3854 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 20 | 3326 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 18 | 3501 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 23 | 2909 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 28 | 2469 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 32 | 2214 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 32 | 2154 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 28 | 2197 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 27 | 2169 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 32 | 1873 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 27 | 2071 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 25 | 2098 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 45 | 1399 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 50 | 1320 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 30 | 1865 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 43 | 1449 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 29 | 1867 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 41 | 1452 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 43 | 1390 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 46 | 1304 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 44 | 1304 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 56 | 1099 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 80 | 894 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 77 | 911 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 112 | 772 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 97 | 823 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 109 | 750 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 125 | 669 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 132 | 650 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 130 | 649 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 101 | 736 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 141 | 651 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 140 | 658 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 158 | 614 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 175 | 597 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 171 | 601 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 156 | 620 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 198 | 547 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 164 | 600 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 204 | 524 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 221 | 496 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 222 | 485 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 227 | 468 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 238 | 457 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 226 | 448 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 248 | 426 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 257 | 424 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 277 | 408 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 293 | 401 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 298 | 378 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 185 | 439 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 226 | 400 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 285 | 363 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 273 | 368 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 253 | 367 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 240 | 369 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 220 | 383 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 256 | 348 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 227 | 357 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 227 | 359 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 225 | 363 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 266 | 333 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 231 | 356 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 260 | 341 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 287 | 323 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 275 | 335 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 315 | 311 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 295 | 329 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 281 | 349 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 270 | 353 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 273 | 356 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 265 | 370 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 256 | 373 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 273 | 361 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 250 | 382 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 216 | 401 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 246 | 369 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 222 | 400 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 185 | 415 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 215 | 375 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 226 | 356 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 132 | 415 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 107 | 418 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 92 | 401 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 49 | 409 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 48 | 370 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 36 | 408 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 36 | 389 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 29 | 429 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 33 | 363 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 31 | 370 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 32 | 354 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 22 | 430 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 28 | 373 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 26 | 359 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 21 | 518 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 26 | 355 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 28 | 364 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 25 | 375 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 25 | 388 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 23 | 399 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 27 | 349 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 20 | 401 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 26 | 375 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 27 | 325 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 13 | 533 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 25 | 351 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 22 | 398 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 22 | 352 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 16 | 451 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 22 | 380 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 32 | 306 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 22 | 359 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 33 | 298 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 28 | 307 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 30 | 305 |
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