Stafford
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Stafford is a boys' name, meaning “landing place”. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Stafford mean?
“landing place”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Stafford a girl's or a boy's name?
Stafford is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Stafford in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,847th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Stafford, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 53 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had more boys named Stafford than any year since 1988.
Half of all the boys named Stafford in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 1977, the years shaded on the chart below.
Stafford in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,752 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 25 | #1,783 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,278 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,152 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,573 |
| 1967 | 27 | #1,475 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,131 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,163 |
| 1964 | 48 | #1,095 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1962 | 41 | #1,214 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,155 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,192 |
| 1959 | 53 | #1,060 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,344 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,198 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,070 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,121 |
| 1953 | 40 | #1,169 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,135 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,122 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,085 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,162 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,062 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,193 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,398 |
| 1942 | 41 | #1,054 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,633 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,297 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,313 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 42 | #980 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,330 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,368 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,378 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,611 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,407 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,379 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,304 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,380 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,322 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,333 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,226 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,225 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,097 |
| 1918 | 43 | #1,031 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,238 |
| 1916 | 29 | #1,240 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,504 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,075 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,000 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
Names like Stafford
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Richard, Leonard, Raymond, Robert, Edward, Thomas, Stanley, Roland, Russell, William, Leon, James
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Stafford: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/stafford, updated 20 October 2026.