Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sandford

#8,034 most common boys' name of all time · #20,240 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–1972

Rank among boys
#8,034
Rank overall
#20,240 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
421
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1947 #1,770
Best rank
#1,770 1947
Girls Boys peak 19/yr
192019401960

Sandford first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1972 — 7 7 #4,078
1969 — 5 5 #4,563
1968 — 5 5 #4,302
1967 — 11 11 #2,539
1966 — 6 6 #3,666
1965 — 7 7 #3,345
1964 — 10 10 #2,749
1963 — 7 7 #3,433
1962 — 10 10 #2,753
1961 — 8 8 #3,193
1960 — 7 7 #3,453
1959 — 8 8 #3,140
1958 — 10 10 #2,717
1957 — 8 8 #3,122
1956 — 7 7 #3,346
1955 — 8 8 #3,073
1954 — 10 10 #2,669
1953 — 11 11 #2,455
1952 — 8 8 #2,986
1951 — 9 9 #2,748
1950 — 15 15 #1,994
1949 — 12 12 #2,293
1948 — 6 6 #3,457
1947 — 19 19 #1,770
1946 — 6 6 #3,314
1945 — 10 10 #2,330
1944 — 10 10 #2,406
1943 — 7 7 #3,083
1942 — 10 10 #2,472
1941 — 11 11 #2,289
1940 — 5 5 #3,640
1939 — 9 9 #2,543
1938 — 6 6 #3,351
1937 — 10 10 #2,417
1936 — 10 10 #2,393
1935 — 5 5 #3,815
1931 — 5 5 #3,951
1930 — 5 5 #4,163
1929 — 7 7 #3,375
1928 — 5 5 #4,318
1927 — 6 6 #3,926
1926 — 8 8 #3,239
1925 — 8 8 #3,263
1924 — 9 9 #3,136
1923 — 7 7 #3,591
1921 — 8 8 #3,327
1920 — 10 10 #2,878
1918 — 6 6 #3,866
1917 — 5 5 #4,147
1916 — 6 6 #3,654
1913 — 7 7 #2,434
1912 — 6 6 #2,523