Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Stanford

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1954

Peak rank proxy

135

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19542024

Peak year

1954

Decline from peak

91.9%

2024

All-time

7,714

Stanford has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1954, when 135 boys were named Stanford.

In 2024, only 11 boys were given the name.

Down 91.9% from its peak.

All told, about 7,714 Americans have been named Stanford and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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