How popular is the name Stan?

Stan ranks 1,173rd among boys' names in US records, with 8,478 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 102.

Is Stan a unisex name?

No. Stan is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1959, when 419 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Stann. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,173 of boy names

Pronounced S T AE1 N (ARPABET)

Stan is a boys' name, and first appears in 1914. It has been given to 8,478 children — the 1,173rd most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 102 births across the past decade, against a peak of 419 in a single year. That peak was in 1959.

Stann is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Stan and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Stan?: Stan ranks 1,173rd among boys' names in US records, with 8,478 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 102.
Is Stan a unisex name?: No. Stan is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Stan most popular?: 1959, when 419 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Stan spelled?: Stann. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.