Recorded 2011–2022 Boys' name Peak 2015 88 births

Stihl — boys' name

88 babies named Stihl in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2010s
Peak decade

73% of everyone ever named Stihl was born in this single decade.

2015
Single peak year

12 babies were named Stihl in 2015 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Stihl

The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Stihl between 2011 and 2022, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stihl currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stihl performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Stihl shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stihl 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 88 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.

Stihl at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

88

Since 2011

12 years of records

Peak year

2015

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2011

Recorded for 12 years

Last year on file: 2022

Stihl popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2011

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2015)
12
Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
468101214 20222021202020192017201620152014201320122011 6

Stihl by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
64 births that decade — 73% of Stihl's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Stihl?
88 babies have been named Stihl since 2011. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2015 with 12 births.
When was Stihl most popular?
Stihl was most popular in the 2010s decade with 64 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Stihl been used?
Stihl has been recorded in Social Security data since 2011, spanning 12 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Stihl?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Stiles, Stirling, Stillman, Stiven, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2011–2022 (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.