first name
STAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,386 people named Stan, 81.7% reported their origin as White, 7.4% as Black and 4.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Stan peaked in 1959, when 419 babies got the name.
At least 8,480 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Stan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,058. The largest share of babies named Stan, 56.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Stan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Stan has been most common in Oregon (3×), Utah (2.9×), and Washington (2.9×), and least common in New Jersey (0.21×).
5,207 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Stan
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Stan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Stan ranks #23,940 of 156,621, with 1,091 people. See Stan as a last name
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