Boys' name · since 1959
Stig
22 babies named Stig in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,395 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 1959
- 2010s
- peak decade
22 boys have been named Stig since 1959, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Stig has 22 recorded births among boys since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2018.
- #28,395 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 22 born since 1959
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stig ranks #28,395 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1959, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,395 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 1959
- 2010s
- peak decade
Stig's 22 recorded births place it above 37.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Stig's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Stig's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1959 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Stig popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2018
- Peak year (1959)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Stig by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Stig's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Stig births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (45% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Stig: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~59 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, 1959–2018 (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 Stig 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.