Stancil — boys' name
90 babies named Stancil in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1941. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Stancil was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Stancil in 1941 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Stancil
The Social Security Administration has registered 90 babies named Stancil between 1920 and 1979, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stancil currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Stancil performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Stancil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Stancil 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 90 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.
Stancil at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Stancil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1920
- Peak year (1941)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
90 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1941 with 9 births in a single year.
Stancil by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 26 births that decade — 29% of Stancil's all-time total
Stancil decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Stancil's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1920–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.