Fun Facts About the Name Hanford
- 338 babies named Hanford: U.S. records list 338 babies given the name Hanford from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Hanford Mean?
Hanford is an English habitational name meaning Hana's ford. It comes from Old English, the language spoken in England before the Norman Conquest. The first element is the Old English personal name Hana; the second is ford, meaning ford or river crossing. Together the place name means the ford associated with Hana. Hana is an Old English personal name, not the modern given name Hana. The literal sense is therefore Hana's ford; it does not describe a personality trait or a symbolic quality.
Hanford Name History & Origins
The name begins as a place name. Several English settlements called Hanford - including Hanford in Dorset and Hanford in Staffordshire - have Old English names of the Hana's ford type. The Domesday Book of 1086 records forms such as Haneford, an early spelling that preserves the first element. In the Middle Ages, English families increasingly took surnames from the places they lived in or came from, and Hanford became a hereditary surname. It is an English surname rather than a name formed independently in other languages.
As a first name, Hanford is a transferred use of the surname. It is used mainly in the United States and remains uncommon. The same surname also lies behind American place names such as Hanford, California; these are later uses of the family name, not the source of its meaning.
How Popular is the Name Hanford?
Hanford has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1921. Its best rank was #1,802 in 1912.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | #4,308 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1960 | #4,272 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1959 | #4,231 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1955 | #4,086 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1953 | #4,034 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #3,208 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1951 | #3,515 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #3,155 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #3,913 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1948 | #2,872 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1947 | #3,200 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1945 | #2,852 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1943 | #3,746 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1942 | #3,056 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1941 | #3,721 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1938 | #3,738 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1935 | #3,419 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1933 | #3,869 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1932 | #3,991 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1931 | #2,548 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1930 | #2,511 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1929 | #3,715 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1928 | #2,568 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1927 | #2,342 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1926 | #2,242 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1925 | #2,831 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1924 | #2,905 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1923 | #2,270 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1922 | #2,089 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1921 | #2,101 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1920 | #2,520 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1919 | #2,194 | 14 | 0.0014% |
| 1918 | #2,607 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1917 | #2,830 | 9 | 0.0010% |
| 1916 | #2,805 | 9 | 0.0010% |
| 1915 | #2,233 | 12 | 0.0014% |
| 1914 | #2,339 | 9 | 0.0014% |
| 1913 | #2,361 | 7 | 0.0014% |
| 1912 | #1,802 | 9 | 0.0021% |
| 1911 | #1,853 | 5 | 0.0022% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Hanford Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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