Boys' name · since 1950
Stark
257 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.
- #11,503 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,509 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 257
- born since 1950
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Stark is the #6509 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 257 recorded since 1950.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stark has been recorded 257 times among boys since 1950, currently ranked #6509 nationally and more common than 53% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2025.
- #11,503 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,509 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 257 born since 1950
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stark ranks #11,503 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,509 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 257 born since 1950, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,503 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,509 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 257
- born since 1950
- 2010s
- peak decade
Stark's 257 recorded births place it above 74.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Stark compares
257 42nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Stark's all-time total is 30% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Stark | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 257 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 34 | 22,252 |
Stark's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Stark's full recorded timeline at 2017, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1950, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Stark popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Stark by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (161 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Stark's strongest decade.
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Stark births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
161 births
- 2020s
2020s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 161 births (63% of all-time use).
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What to do with Stark's data
- Stark's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (161 total births) through the 2020s (86) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Stark: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~75 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1950–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Stark draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.