Recorded 1999–2019 Boys' name Peak 2001 149 births

Stran — boys' name

149 babies named Stran in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s92000s772010s63
2000s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Stran was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

13 babies were named Stran in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Stran

The Social Security Administration has registered 149 babies named Stran between 1999 and 2019, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stran currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stran performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Stran shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Stran in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stran 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 149 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.

Stran at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

149

Since 1999

21 years of records

Peak year

2001

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1999

Recorded for 21 years

Last year on file: 2019

Stran popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1999

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2001)
13
Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
468101214 2019201520122009200520021999 9

Stran by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
77 births that decade — 52% of Stran's all-time total
1990s92000s772010s63

Stran by state

Where Stran concentrates geographically — total births since 1999

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Stran
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
5 3.4%
Texas share of Stran's total US births 3.4%

5 of 149 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Stran?
149 babies have been named Stran since 1999. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2001 with 13 births.
When was Stran most popular?
Stran was most popular in the 2000s decade with 77 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Stran most popular?
The top states for the name Stran are Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Stran been used?
Stran has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 21 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Stran?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Stryker, Stratton, Stryder, Strider, 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, 1999–2019 (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.