Stan

Where Stan comes from

Clipping of Stanley.
— Wiktionary's entry for Stan
  • 1 syllable
Stan through the years
  1. 1890
    Stan Laurel born
    English actor
  2. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,271 among boys with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1927
    Stan Getz born
    American jazz saxophonist
  4. 1959
    Peak, #386
    419 babies named Stan, the most in any year.
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #549.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Stanley.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Stanislav.
Namesakes
  • Stan Laurel · English actor, 1890–1965
  • Stan Getz · American jazz saxophonist, 1927–1991
  • Stan Winston · American special effects artist, 1946–2008
  • Stan Musial · American baseball player, 1920–2013
  • Stan Mikita · Slovak-born Canadian ice hockey player, 1940–2018

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.