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.
52% of everyone ever named Stran was born in this single decade.
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 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Stran popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1999
- Peak year (2001)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
149 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 13 births in a single year.
Stran by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 77 births that decade — 52% of Stran's all-time total
Stran decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Stran's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Stran by state
Where Stran concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 149 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.4% 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, 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.