boys:
8.5k births since 1914
#1280 (72nd percentile)
overall:
8.5k births since 1914
#2937 (62nd percentile)
The name Stan is the #2,937 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,463 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 62.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,280 (72.1% percentile) for all time with 8,463 births since 1914.
Stan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (first recorded for boys in 1914).
For boys, Stan reached its peak popularity in 1959, achieving the 44.8% percentile (ranked #362) with 194 births per million. The name was most common in 1959, with 194 births per million (ranked 44.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Stan ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 1.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Stan".
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