Stan — #8347 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Stan

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,473 babies named Stan between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stan currently holds the #8347 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 419 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stan performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 2,368 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Stan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,074 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Stan in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stan 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 8,473 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.