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How popular is “Sanford” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sanford” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sanford” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Sanford” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Sanford” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Sanford” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Sanford” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sanford” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 30 0.000148895 30 -100%
1881 28 0.000145313 28 -100%
1882 33 0.000148962 33 -100%
1883 22 0.000101408 22 -100%
1884 32 0.000131438 32 -100%
1885 22 0.000091342 22 -100%
1886 16 0.000062667 16 -100%
1887 22 0.000088928 22 -100%
1888 22 0.000073462 22 -100%
1889 25 0.000086521 25 -100%
1890 13 0.000043132 13 -100%
1891 27 0.000094184 27 -100%
1892 26 0.000077757 26 -100%
1893 20 0.000061496 20 -100%
1894 27 0.000079719 27 -100%
1895 23 0.000065523 23 -100%
1896 25 0.000069933 25 -100%
1897 25 0.000072055 25 -100%
1898 28 0.000073403 28 -100%
1899 26 0.000076643 26 -100%
1900 21 0.00004664 21 -100%
1901 26 0.000075185 26 -100%
1902 28 0.000072401 28 -100%
1903 22 0.000057712 22 -100%
1904 32 0.000079309 32 -100%
1905 31 0.000073127 31 -100%
1906 33 0.000077022 33 -100%
1907 29 0.000062313 29 -100%
1908 36 0.000073673 36 -100%
1909 36 0.000070419 36 -100%
1910 48 0.000081258 48 -100%
1911 49 0.000076054 49 -100%
1912 92 0.000093112 92 -100%
1913 107 0.000094098 107 -100%
1914 132 0.000093198 132 -100%
1915 226 0.000123334 226 -100%
1916 215 0.000111145 215 -100%
1917 185 0.000092189 185 -100%
1918 222 0.000102252 222 -100%
1919 246 0.000116574 246 -100%
1920 216 0.000095464 216 -100%
1921 250 0.000107089 250 -100%
1922 273 0.000119258 273 -100%
1923 256 0.000111184 256 -100%
1924 265 0.000111269 265 -100%
1925 273 0.000117002 273 -100%
1926 270 0.000117601 270 -100%
1927 281 0.000121154 281 -100%
1928 295 0.000130477 295 -100%
1929 315 0.000143694 315 -100%
1930 275 0.000123691 275 -100%
1931 287 0.000136382 287 -100%
1932 260 0.000123147 260 -100%
1933 231 0.000115532 231 -100%
1934 266 0.000128081 266 -100%
1935 225 0.000107661 225 -100%
1936 227 0.000109262 227 -100%
1937 227 0.000106539 227 -100%
1938 256 0.000115702 256 -100%
1939 220 0.000099844 220 -100%
1940 240 0.000104226 240 -100%
1941 253 0.000103841 253 -100%
1942 273 0.000099933 273 -100%
1943 285 0.000100972 285 -100%
1944 226 0.000084012 226 -100%
1945 185 0.000069735 185 -100%
1946 298 0.000093262 298 -100%
1947 293 0.000081336 293 -100%
1948 277 0.000080231 277 -100%
1949 257 0.000073749 257 -100%
1950 248 0.000070789 248 -100%
1951 226 0.000061351 226 -100%
1952 238 0.000062664 238 -100%
1953 227 0.000058905 227 -100%
1954 222 0.000055769 222 -100%
1955 221 0.000055042 221 -100%
1956 204 0.000049478 204 -100%
1957 164 0.000039028 164 -100%
1958 198 0.000047897 198 -100%
1959 156 0.000037518 156 -100%
1960 170 0.000040926 170 -100%
1961 176 0.000042488 176 -100%
1962 158 0.000039154 158 -100%
1963 140 0.00003537 140 -100%
1964 141 0.000036269 141 -100%
1965 101 0.000027859 101 -100%
1966 130 0.000037403 130 -100%
1967 132 0.000038882 132 -100%
1968 125 0.000037 125 -100%
1969 109 0.000031364 109 -100%
1970 97 0.000026896 97 -100%
1971 112 0.000032631 112 -100%
1972 77 0.000024499 77 -100%
1973 80 0.000026517 80 -100%
1974 56 0.000018421 56 -100%
1975 44 0.000014572 44 -100%
1976 46 0.00001516 46 -100%
1977 43 0.000013537 43 -100%
1978 41 0.000012918 41 -100%
1979 29 0.000008717 29 -100%
1980 43 0.000012484 43 -100%
1981 30 0.000008672 30 -100%
1982 50 0.000014253 50 -100%
1983 45 0.000012993 45 -100%
1984 25 0.000007166 25 -100%
1985 27 0.000007565 27 -100%
1986 32 0.000008996 32 -100%
1987 27 0.000007488 27 -100%
1988 28 0.000007578 28 -100%
1989 32 0.000008324 32 -100%
1990 32 0.000008096 32 -100%
1991 28 0.000007188 28 -100%
1992 23 0.000005988 23 -100%
1993 18 0.000004774 18 -100%
1994 20 0.00000538 20 -100%
1995 16 0.000004369 16 -100%
1996 14 0.000003839 14 -100%
1997 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1998 16 0.00000435 16 -100%
1999 15 0.000004061 15 -100%
2000 18 0.000004762 18 -100%
2001 13 0.000003473 13 -100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 -100%
2005 14 0.000003641 14 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2008 17 0.000004325 17 -100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 -100%
2010 9 0.000002435 9 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 12 0.000003238 12 -100%
2015 13 0.000003513 13 -100%
2016 13 0.000003543 13 -100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 -100%
2018 15 0.000004266 15 -100%
2019 18 0.000005186 18 -100%
2020 17 0.000005089 17 -100%
2021 13 0.000003837 13 -100%
2022 19 0.000005616 19 -100%
2023 8 0.000002416 8 -100%
2024 12 0.000003605 12 -100%

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