Boy or Girl

Is Stanford a boy or girl name?

Stanford is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 11 boys were named Stanford, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0% of the 7,714 US babies named Stanford were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#7,647
Girl rank, 2024
Not ranked
Babies named Stanford since 1880
7,714
Most popular year
1954
135 babies
Babies named Stanford each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Stanford from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Stanford, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s1200%
1890s2900%
1900s10400%
1910s66200%
1920s1,05500%
1930s96000%
1940s98600%
1950s1,19100%
1960s93600%
1970s58500%
1980s45500%
1990s33400%
2000s18500%
2010s14900%
2020s7100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
202411#7,6470–
20237#10,6470–
202221#4,8260–
202119#5,0810–
202013#6,5690–
20197#10,6460–
201817#5,5060–
201716#5,7460–
201612#7,0840–
201518#5,2610–
201420#4,8410–
201315#5,8820–
201221#4,6560–
20117#10,6260–
201016#5,6950–
200912#7,1700–
200815#6,0250–
200714#6,2140–
200621#4,4890–
200522#4,1670–
200419#4,5750–
200321#4,0870–
200223#3,7670–
200121#3,9550–
200017#4,5370–
199918#4,1310–
199825#3,1770–
199729#2,7400–
199629#2,6660–
199537#2,2030–
199429#2,6060–
199336#2,2030–
199238#2,0800–
199157#1,5440–
199036#2,0780–
198943#1,7910–
198852#1,4770–
198749#1,4800–
198645#1,5080–
198547#1,4490–
198438#1,6030–
198345#1,4240–
198250#1,3400–
198150#1,3300–
198036#1,6490–
197951#1,3030–
197839#1,5030–
197741#1,4460–
197635#1,5670–
197553#1,1660–
197455#1,1140–
197371#9610–
197275#9270–
197195#8360–
197070#9670–
196973#8990–
196897#7550–
196783#8000–
196692#7650–
196599#7480–
196479#8590–
196392#7940–
1962113#7230–
1961104#7570–
1960104#7580–
1959101#7620–
1958113#7110–
1957132#6630–
1956124#6790–
1955105#7130–
1954135#6360–
1953114#6680–
1952126#6270–
1951122#6440–
1950119#6350–
1949127#6060–
1948129#5910–
1947113#6500–
194697#6580–
194584#6620–
194495#6320–
194374#7610–
194296#6620–
194192#6390–
194079#6850–
193982#6580–
1938105#5730–
193785#6460–
193690#6160–
193586#6390–
1934103#5840–
193392#6090–
193286#6630–
1931130#5050–
1930101#6160–
1929118#5410–
1928118#5660–
1927131#5400–
1926100#6300–
192594#6620–
192493#6760–
192392#6690–
1922119#5930–
192193#6730–
192097#6440–
191990#6470–
191892#6440–
1917107#5750–
191676#6840–
191587#6200–
191468#6150–
191358#5780–
191243#6480–
191121#7020–
191020#6730–
190920#6080–
190815#7090–
190716#6610–
190613#7010–
19056#1,2190–
19048#9550–
190310#7740–
19020–0–
19015#1,1970–
190011#8300–
18996#1,0420–
18987#9870–
18970–0–
18960–0–
18956#1,0690–
189410#7230–
18930–0–
18920–0–
18910–0–
18900–0–
18890–0–
18880–0–
18876#9090–
18860–0–
18850–0–
18840–0–
18830–0–
18820–0–
18810–0–
18806#8980–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Stanford reached #505 in 1931. It has never been ranked as a girl name. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Stanford

Compare Stanford with another nameTry Stanford with your surnameTop names of 1954More names starting with S

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.