Stellan — #1439 US boys' name
1,390 babies named Stellan in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to boys today.
50% of everyone ever named Stellan was born in this single decade.
126 babies were named Stellan in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Stellan
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,390 babies named Stellan between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stellan currently holds the #1439 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 126 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Stellan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 695 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Stellan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 209 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Stellan in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Stellan 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 1,390 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.
Stellan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Stellan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2024)
- 126
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #1439 among boys.
1,390 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 126 births in a single year.
Stellan popularity over time — girls
17 total births recorded since 2021 (Stellan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Stellan accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Stellan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 695 births that decade — 50% of Stellan's all-time total
Stellan decade highlights
- Peak decade 695 births
- Runner-up 553 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Stellan's strongest decade
695 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Stellan by state
Where Stellan concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 209 | 15.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 58 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 52 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Washington | | 48 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Minnesota | | 32 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 21 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Florida | | 17 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 17 | 1.2% |
209 of 1,390 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 15.0% of nationwide
- New York 4.2% of nationwide
- Texas 3.7% of nationwide
- Washington 3.5% of nationwide
- Minnesota 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 15 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Stellan appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1998–2024 (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.