Stalin — boys' name

What the Data Says About Stalin

The Social Security Administration has registered 109 babies named Stalin between 1971 and 2020, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stalin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stalin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Stalin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Stalin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stalin in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 109 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.