Stanford
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- STAN-ferd
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Stanford is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “stony ford”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Stanford mean?
English: English place name and surname
“stony ford”
Stanford University was founded by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their son.
Is Stanford a girl's or a boy's name?
Stanford is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Stanford in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Stanford, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1954, with 135 boys.
Half of all the boys named Stanford in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.
Stanford in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 37 | #2,173 |
| 1994 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 38 | #2,041 |
| 1991 | 57 | #1,522 |
| 1990 | 36 | #2,044 |
| 1989 | 43 | #1,761 |
| 1988 | 52 | #1,462 |
| 1987 | 49 | #1,465 |
| 1986 | 45 | #1,492 |
| 1985 | 47 | #1,428 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,580 |
| 1983 | 45 | #1,398 |
| 1982 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1981 | 50 | #1,309 |
| 1980 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1979 | 51 | #1,291 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,487 |
| 1977 | 41 | #1,431 |
| 1976 | 35 | #1,540 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,160 |
| 1974 | 55 | #1,109 |
| 1973 | 71 | #957 |
| 1972 | 75 | #921 |
| 1971 | 95 | #828 |
| 1970 | 70 | #959 |
| 1969 | 73 | #893 |
| 1968 | 97 | #751 |
| 1967 | 83 | #799 |
| 1966 | 92 | #762 |
| 1965 | 99 | #745 |
| 1964 | 79 | #854 |
| 1963 | 92 | #792 |
| 1962 | 113 | #721 |
| 1961 | 104 | #754 |
| 1960 | 104 | #756 |
| 1959 | 101 | #755 |
| 1958 | 113 | #702 |
| 1957 | 132 | #660 |
| 1956 | 124 | #676 |
| 1955 | 105 | #712 |
| 1954 | 135 | #632 |
| 1953 | 114 | #664 |
| 1952 | 126 | #623 |
| 1951 | 122 | #640 |
| 1950 | 119 | #632 |
| 1949 | 128 | #603 |
| 1948 | 128 | #591 |
| 1947 | 113 | #647 |
| 1946 | 97 | #654 |
| 1945 | 84 | #657 |
| 1944 | 95 | #629 |
| 1943 | 74 | #751 |
| 1942 | 96 | #652 |
| 1941 | 92 | #636 |
| 1940 | 79 | #681 |
| 1939 | 82 | #656 |
| 1938 | 105 | #571 |
| 1937 | 85 | #637 |
| 1936 | 90 | #614 |
| 1935 | 86 | #633 |
| 1934 | 103 | #582 |
| 1933 | 92 | #606 |
| 1932 | 86 | #657 |
| 1931 | 130 | #503 |
| 1930 | 101 | #610 |
| 1929 | 118 | #536 |
| 1928 | 118 | #562 |
| 1927 | 131 | #536 |
| 1926 | 100 | #627 |
| 1925 | 94 | #659 |
| 1924 | 93 | #671 |
| 1923 | 92 | #668 |
| 1922 | 119 | #588 |
| 1921 | 93 | #672 |
| 1920 | 97 | #640 |
| 1919 | 90 | #645 |
| 1918 | 92 | #641 |
| 1917 | 107 | #571 |
| 1916 | 76 | #680 |
| 1915 | 87 | #616 |
| 1914 | 68 | #609 |
| 1913 | 58 | #573 |
| 1912 | 43 | #635 |
| 1911 | 21 | #689 |
| 1910 | 20 | #654 |
| 1909 | 20 | #590 |
| 1908 | 15 | #685 |
| 1907 | 16 | #634 |
| 1906 | 13 | #674 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 11 | #784 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
Nicknames for Stanford
Names like Stanford
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Richard, Raymond, Robert, Leonard, Warren, Franklin, Howard, Edward, Leland, Russell, Donald, Thomas
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Stanford: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/stanford, updated 20 October 2026.