# Stanford (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/stanford/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “stone”, “ford” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈstænfəɹd/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Stanforth |
| US babies named this | 7,727 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,727 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Various placenames from Old English stān (“stone”) + ford (“ford”). * (The university): Named after the son of railroad magnate Leland Stanford.

## What it means

Stanford is grouped under mountain.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 10,627 |
| 2012 | 21 | 4,656 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,882 |
| 2014 | 20 | 4,842 |
| 2015 | 18 | 5,261 |
| 2016 | 12 | 7,086 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,746 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,509 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,653 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,573 |
| 2021 | 19 | 5,083 |
| 2022 | 21 | 4,827 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,656 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,688 |
| 2025 | 12 | 7,131 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 斯坦福
- Japanese: スタンフォード
- Russian: Стэ́нфорд

## People named Stanford

- Stanford Moore, American biochemist (1913-1982)
- Stanford White, American architect (1853-1906)
- Stanford J. Shaw, American historian (1930–2006)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.