Stafford is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1959 and has grown less common since.
Stafford is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,933 for boy births in the United States (and #8,423 across all names), given to 28 babies. Stafford was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1959 (53 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | #3,933 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | #6,427 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | #7,240 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | #5,406 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | #6,301 |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 | #6,249 |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 | #7,565 |
| 2018 | 16 | 16 | #5,743 |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | #6,293 |
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | #7,085 |
| 2015 | 14 | 14 | #6,267 |
| 2014 | 11 | 11 | #7,484 |
| 2013 | 20 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2012 | 12 | 12 | #6,978 |
| 2011 | 11 | 11 | #7,435 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | #8,052 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #14,211 |
| 2008 | 14 | 14 | #6,353 |
| 2007 | 10 | 10 | #8,079 |
| 2006 | 12 | 12 | #6,849 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | #6,915 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | #8,519 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #12,243 |
| 2001 | 10 | 10 | #6,867 |
| 2000 | 17 | 17 | #4,537 |
| 1999 | 8 | 8 | #7,774 |
| 1998 | 13 | 13 | #5,124 |
| 1997 | 15 | — | #4,422 |
| 1996 | 16 | — | #4,163 |
| 1995 | 18 | — | #3,673 |
| 1994 | 20 | — | #3,449 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | #4,188 |
| 1992 | 20 | — | #3,320 |
| 1991 | 24 | — | #2,818 |
| 1990 | 19 | — | #3,293 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | #3,784 |
| 1988 | 29 | — | #2,187 |
| 1987 | 26 | — | #2,264 |
| 1986 | 14 | — | #3,419 |
| 1985 | 18 | — | #2,811 |
| 1984 | 21 | — | #2,429 |
| 1983 | 19 | — | #2,562 |
| 1982 | 16 | — | #2,960 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | #2,667 |
| 1980 | 12 | — | #3,588 |
| 1979 | 17 | — | #2,762 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | #3,051 |
| 1977 | 16 | — | #2,769 |
| 1976 | 16 | — | #2,692 |
| 1975 | 28 | — | #1,778 |
| 1974 | 17 | — | #2,444 |
| 1973 | 20 | — | #2,112 |
| 1972 | 18 | — | #2,232 |
| 1971 | 25 | — | #1,820 |
| 1970 | 42 | — | #1,294 |
| 1969 | 46 | — | #1,164 |
| 1968 | 25 | — | #1,610 |
| 1967 | 27 | — | #1,503 |
| 1966 | 43 | — | #1,145 |
| 1965 | 42 | — | #1,187 |
| 1964 | 48 | — | #1,111 |
| 1963 | 37 | — | #1,302 |
| 1962 | 41 | — | #1,226 |
| 1961 | 46 | — | #1,174 |
| 1960 | 43 | — | #1,207 |
| 1959 | 53 | — | #1,067 |
| 1958 | 33 | — | #1,367 |
| 1957 | 42 | — | #1,213 |
| 1956 | 50 | — | #1,080 |
| 1955 | 32 | — | #1,365 |
| 1954 | 44 | — | #1,135 |
| 1953 | 40 | — | #1,186 |
| 1952 | 42 | — | #1,149 |
| 1951 | 41 | — | #1,137 |
| 1950 | 42 | — | #1,104 |
| 1949 | 37 | — | #1,182 |
| 1948 | 44 | — | #1,074 |
| 1947 | 33 | — | #1,293 |
| 1946 | 29 | — | #1,326 |
| 1945 | 28 | — | #1,267 |
| 1944 | 31 | — | #1,207 |
| 1943 | 25 | — | #1,429 |
| 1942 | 41 | — | #1,073 |
| 1941 | 18 | — | #1,683 |
| 1940 | 19 | — | #1,619 |
| 1939 | 26 | — | #1,321 |
| 1938 | 18 | — | #1,681 |
| 1937 | 26 | — | #1,341 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | #2,164 |
| 1935 | 42 | — | #989 |
| 1934 | 18 | — | #1,720 |
| 1933 | 25 | — | #1,358 |
| 1932 | 27 | — | #1,353 |
| 1931 | 26 | — | #1,387 |
| 1930 | 28 | — | #1,395 |
| 1929 | 27 | — | #1,408 |
| 1928 | 22 | — | #1,640 |
| 1927 | 28 | — | #1,432 |
| 1926 | 28 | — | #1,401 |
| 1925 | 31 | — | #1,328 |
| 1924 | 29 | — | #1,410 |
| 1923 | 30 | — | #1,357 |
| 1922 | 30 | — | #1,364 |
| 1921 | 35 | — | #1,250 |
| 1920 | 35 | — | #1,232 |
| 1919 | 39 | — | #1,118 |
| 1918 | 43 | — | #1,034 |
| 1917 | 30 | — | #1,260 |
| 1916 | 29 | — | #1,261 |
| 1915 | 21 | — | #1,548 |
| 1914 | 20 | — | #1,382 |
| 1913 | 22 | — | #1,105 |
| 1912 | 21 | — | #1,019 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | #1,280 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | #1,109 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | #1,188 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | #1,218 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,117 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,296 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | #936 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | #961 |
| 1884 | 7 | — | #837 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | #1,077 |