Stetson — #155 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Stetson

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,932 babies named Stetson between 1930 and 2024, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stetson currently holds the #155 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 2,328 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stetson performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 7,268 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Stetson shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,127 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Stetson in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stetson 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 12,932 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.