Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Sanford

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sanford
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.2% from peak

Peak era

1929

Peak rank proxy

315

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19292024

Peak year

1929

Decline from peak

96.2%

2024

All-time

15,031

Sanford once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1929, when 315 boys were named Sanford.

In 2024, only 12 boys were given the name.

Down 96.2% from its peak.

All told, about 15,031 Americans have been named Sanford and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.2% from peak

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