Stan
#9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 419 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,480since 1914
Stan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Stan has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #5,789 | 15 |
| 2015 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #5,131 | 14 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #3,042 | 22 |
| 1992 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #2,373 | 29 |
| 1989 | #2,245 | 30 |
| 1988 | #2,090 | 30 |
| 1987 | #2,020 | 30 |
| 1986 | #1,873 | 32 |
| 1985 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #1,885 | 29 |
| 1983 | #1,594 | 37 |
| 1982 | #1,677 | 35 |
| 1981 | #1,199 | 58 |
| 1980 | #1,475 | 42 |
| 1979 | #1,510 | 39 |
| 1978 | #1,616 | 34 |
| 1977 | #1,221 | 52 |
| 1976 | #1,238 | 49 |
| 1975 | #1,146 | 54 |
| 1974 | #1,124 | 53 |
| 1973 | #925 | 76 |
| 1972 | #943 | 73 |
| 1971 | #958 | 72 |
| 1970 | #812 | 99 |
| 1969 | #778 | 98 |
| 1968 | #685 | 121 |
| 1967 | #618 | 147 |
| 1966 | #584 | 166 |
| 1965 | #549 | 194 |
| 1964 | #500 | 249 |
| 1963 | #469 | 282 |
| 1962 | #453 | 309 |
| 1961 | #439 | 332 |
| 1960 | #391 | 406 |
| 1959 | #386 | 419 |
| 1958 | #391 | 403 |
| 1957 | #440 | 303 |
| 1956 | #483 | 247 |
| 1955 | #493 | 223 |
| 1954 | #532 | 186 |
| 1953 | #583 | 152 |
| 1952 | #578 | 145 |
| 1951 | #573 | 145 |
| 1950 | #561 | 145 |
| 1949 | #577 | 137 |
| 1948 | #458 | 212 |
| 1947 | #427 | 255 |
| 1946 | #444 | 205 |
| 1945 | #482 | 155 |
| 1944 | #470 | 167 |
| 1943 | #524 | 143 |
| 1942 | #512 | 142 |
| 1941 | #541 | 120 |
| 1940 | #673 | 81 |
| 1939 | #707 | 71 |
| 1938 | #667 | 81 |
| 1937 | #697 | 74 |
| 1936 | #747 | 65 |
| 1935 | #803 | 59 |
| 1934 | #836 | 56 |
| 1933 | #799 | 59 |
| 1932 | #1,025 | 42 |
| 1931 | #1,170 | 34 |
| 1930 | #1,259 | 32 |
| 1929 | #1,480 | 24 |
| 1928 | #1,647 | 21 |
| 1927 | #1,692 | 21 |
| 1926 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1925 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1924 | #1,964 | 17 |
| 1923 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Stan! It came in at #2,271, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2007, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Stan is popular in 1947
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Washington#155 · 1 in 1,147
- Oregon#162 · 1 in 1,211
- Utah#186 · 1 in 1,235
- Kansas#241 · 1 in 2,511
- Minnesota#243 · 1 in 3,502
Best ever in a state: #155 in Washington, 1947.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #155 | 24 | 1 in 1,147 |
| Oregon | #162 | 14 | 1 in 1,211 |
| Utah | #186 | 8 | 1 in 1,235 |
| Kansas | #241 | 8 | 1 in 2,511 |
| Minnesota | #243 | 10 | 1 in 3,502 |
| Nebraska | #258 | 5 | 1 in 2,922 |
| Indiana | #269 | 12 | 1 in 3,760 |
| Colorado | #271 | 5 | 1 in 3,082 |
| California | #274 | 38 | 1 in 3,143 |
| Michigan | #317 | 13 | 1 in 5,864 |
| Wisconsin | #323 | 5 | 1 in 7,818 |
| Iowa | #333 | 5 | 1 in 6,055 |
| Ohio | #370 | 11 | 1 in 8,617 |
| Missouri | #372 | 6 | 1 in 7,283 |
| Pennsylvania | #428 | 10 | 1 in 11,863 |
| Illinois | #480 | 7 | 1 in 13,299 |
| New York | #501 | 10 | 1 in 15,800 |
| Texas | #602 | 12 | 1 in 8,171 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,402 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #9,714)
- 2,212 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #9,714)
- 3,390 spots since 2015 (#6,324 → #9,714)
- Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1933 (#1,025 → #799)
- Biggest drop: 199 spots in 1974 (#925 → #1,124)
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1959 at #386 (419 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 41 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1933–1973
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,094
- Highest: 1 in 5,094 boys born in 1959 were named Stan (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 27.9% of all boys named Stan (2,368) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 58 | #2,165 (1918) | #2,609 |
| 1920s | 182 | #1,480 (1929) | #1,932 |
| 1930s | 573 | #667 (1938) | #871 |
| 1940s | 1,617 | #427 (1947) | #511 |
| 1950s | 2,368 | #386 (1959) | #502 |
| 1960s | 2,304 | #391 (1960) | #547 |
| 1970s | 601 | #812 (1970) | #1,149 |
| 1980s | 353 | #1,199 (1981) | #1,797 |
| 1990s | 167 | #2,373 (1990) | #4,068 |
| 2000s | 96 | #4,785 (2000) | #7,866 |
| 2010s | 113 | #5,789 (2016) | #7,325 |
| 2020s | 48 | #7,502 (2020) | #9,133 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Stan in 1947
boys
#427
255 births · 1 in 7,175 boys
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 7,175 of them was named Stan, which outranked 90.0% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).