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How popular is “Stafford” in the USA?

Number of people named “Stafford” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Stafford” 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 “Stafford” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Stafford” by birth year

This chart shows how “Stafford” 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
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 -100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 -100%
1912 21 0.000021254 21 -100%
1913 22 0.000019347 22 -100%
1914 20 0.000014121 20 -100%
1915 21 0.00001146 21 -100%
1916 29 0.000014992 29 -100%
1917 30 0.00001495 30 -100%
1918 43 0.000019806 43 -100%
1919 39 0.000018481 39 -100%
1920 35 0.000015469 35 -100%
1921 35 0.000014992 35 -100%
1922 30 0.000013105 30 -100%
1923 30 0.000013029 30 -100%
1924 29 0.000012177 29 -100%
1925 31 0.000013286 31 -100%
1926 28 0.000012196 28 -100%
1927 28 0.000012072 28 -100%
1928 22 0.00000973 22 -100%
1929 27 0.000012317 27 -100%
1930 28 0.000012594 28 -100%
1931 26 0.000012355 26 -100%
1932 27 0.000012788 27 -100%
1933 25 0.000012503 25 -100%
1934 18 0.000008667 18 -100%
1935 42 0.000020097 42 -100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 -100%
1937 26 0.000012203 26 -100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 -100%
1939 26 0.0000118 26 -100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 -100%
1941 18 0.000007388 18 -100%
1942 41 0.000015008 41 -100%
1943 25 0.000008857 25 -100%
1944 31 0.000011524 31 -100%
1945 28 0.000010554 28 -100%
1946 29 0.000009076 29 -100%
1947 33 0.000009161 33 -100%
1948 44 0.000012744 44 -100%
1949 37 0.000010618 37 -100%
1950 42 0.000011988 42 -100%
1951 41 0.00001113 41 -100%
1952 42 0.000011058 42 -100%
1953 40 0.00001038 40 -100%
1954 44 0.000011053 44 -100%
1955 32 0.00000797 32 -100%
1956 50 0.000012127 50 -100%
1957 42 0.000009995 42 -100%
1958 33 0.000007983 33 -100%
1959 53 0.000012747 53 -100%
1960 43 0.000010352 43 -100%
1961 46 0.000011105 46 -100%
1962 41 0.00001016 41 -100%
1963 37 0.000009348 37 -100%
1964 48 0.000012347 48 -100%
1965 42 0.000011585 42 -100%
1966 43 0.000012372 43 -100%
1967 27 0.000007953 27 -100%
1968 25 0.0000074 25 -100%
1969 46 0.000013236 46 -100%
1970 42 0.000011646 42 -100%
1971 25 0.000007284 25 -100%
1972 18 0.000005727 18 -100%
1973 20 0.000006629 20 -100%
1974 17 0.000005592 17 -100%
1975 28 0.000009273 28 -100%
1976 16 0.000005273 16 -100%
1977 16 0.000005037 16 -100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 -100%
1979 17 0.00000511 17 -100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 -100%
1981 18 0.000005203 18 -100%
1982 16 0.000004561 16 -100%
1983 19 0.000005486 19 -100%
1984 21 0.000006019 21 -100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 -100%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 -100%
1987 26 0.000007211 26 -100%
1988 29 0.000007848 29 -100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 -100%
1990 19 0.000004807 19 -100%
1991 24 0.000006161 24 -100%
1992 20 0.000005207 20 -100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 -100%
1994 20 0.00000538 20 -100%
1995 18 0.000004915 18 -100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 -100%
1997 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1998 13 0.000003534 13 -100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 17 0.000004497 17 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 -100%
2008 14 0.000003562 14 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 -100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2013 20 0.000005486 20 -100%
2014 11 0.000002968 11 -100%
2015 14 0.000003783 14 -100%
2016 12 0.000003271 12 -100%
2017 14 0.000003915 14 -100%
2018 16 0.000004551 16 -100%
2019 11 0.000003169 11 -100%
2020 14 0.000004191 14 -100%
2021 14 0.000004132 14 -100%
2022 18 0.000005321 18 -100%
2023 12 0.000003624 12 -100%
2024 14 0.000004206 14 -100%

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