Stanford is a boy's name of English origin meaning “stone and ford.” In 2024 it was given to 11 boys in the United States.
Stanford belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “stone and ford” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Stanford first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #505 in 1931, and in 2024 11 babies received the name — 7,714 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Stanford means “stone and ford” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Stanford is a boy name. In 2024, 11 babies received the name in the US.
Stanford comes from the English & American tradition.
Stanford first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #505 in 1931, and 11 babies were given the name in 2024.
Stanford is pronounced /ˈstænfəɹd/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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