Stillman — boys' name
276 babies named Stillman in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Stillman was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Stillman in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Stillman
The Social Security Administration has registered 276 babies named Stillman between 1912 and 2008, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stillman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Stillman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Stillman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Stillman in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Stillman 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 276 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.
Stillman at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Stillman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1912
- Peak year (1921)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 97 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
276 total births across 97 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 13 births in a single year.
Stillman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 100 births that decade — 36% of Stillman's all-time total
Stillman decade highlights
- Peak decade 100 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Stillman's strongest decade
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Stillman by state
Where Stillman concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 276 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1912–2008 (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.