Stark — #10017 US boys' name
244 babies named Stark in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to boys today.
66% of everyone ever named Stark was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Stark in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Stark
The Social Security Administration has registered 244 babies named Stark between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stark currently holds the #10017 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Stark performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 161 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Stark shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Stark 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 244 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.
Stark at a glance
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Current rank
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Stark popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1950
- Peak year (2019)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
Currently ranks #10017 among boys.
244 total births across 75 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 27 births in a single year.
Stark by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 161 births that decade — 66% of Stark's all-time total
Stark decade highlights
- Peak decade 161 births
- Runner-up 73 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Stark's strongest decade
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% 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, 1950–2024 (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.