Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Stan

#1,294 most common boys' name of all time · #3,105 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#1,294
Rank overall
#3,105 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
112 of 146
All-time
8,480
Since 2016
96
Peak year
1959 #386
Best rank
#386 1959
Girls Boys peak 419/yr
192019401960198020002020

Stan first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 7 7 #9,786
2024 — 9 9 #8,385
2023 — 6 6 #10,926
2022 — 6 6 #10,968
2021 — 10 10 #7,642
2020 — 10 10 #7,567
2019 — 10 10 #7,699
2018 — 12 12 #6,750
2017 — 11 11 #7,138
2016 — 15 15 #5,813
2015 — 13 13 #6,353
2014 — 12 12 #6,678
2013 — 9 9 #8,181
2012 — 12 12 #6,667
2011 — 5 5 #12,417
2010 — 14 14 #6,066
2009 — 6 6 #11,111
2008 — 8 8 #9,090
2007 — 5 5 #12,515
2006 — 8 8 #8,806
2005 — 8 8 #8,390
2004 — 11 11 #6,576
2003 — 12 12 #5,926
2002 — 14 14 #5,168
2001 — 9 9 #6,998
2000 — 15 15 #4,828
1999 — 10 10 #6,119
1998 — 19 19 #3,741
1997 — 10 10 #5,711
1996 — 15 15 #4,229
1995 — 14 14 #4,326
1994 — 17 17 #3,786
1993 — 22 22 #3,071
1992 — 13 13 #4,369
1991 — 18 18 #3,362
1990 — 29 29 #2,394
1989 — 30 30 #2,263
1988 — 30 30 #2,108
1987 — 30 30 #2,034
1986 — 32 32 #1,889
1985 — 30 30 #1,935
1984 — 29 29 #1,903
1983 — 37 37 #1,603
1982 — 35 35 #1,685
1981 — 58 58 #1,204
1980 — 42 42 #1,485
1979 — 39 39 #1,518
1978 — 34 34 #1,630
1977 — 52 52 #1,232
1976 — 49 49 #1,251
1975 — 54 54 #1,153
1974 — 53 53 #1,127
1973 — 76 76 #929
1972 — 73 73 #947
1971 — 72 72 #961
1970 — 99 99 #816
1969 — 98 98 #780
1968 — 121 121 #687
1967 — 147 147 #620
1966 — 166 166 #584
1965 — 194 194 #550
1964 — 249 249 #500
1963 — 282 282 #473
1962 — 309 309 #454
1961 — 332 332 #439
1960 — 406 406 #392
1959 — 419 419 #386
1958 — 403 403 #391
1957 — 303 303 #440
1956 — 247 247 #483
1955 — 223 223 #493
1954 — 186 186 #533
1953 — 152 152 #585
1952 — 145 145 #579
1951 — 145 145 #575
1950 — 145 145 #562
1949 — 137 137 #578
1948 — 212 212 #459
1947 — 255 255 #428
1946 — 205 205 #444
1945 — 155 155 #483
1944 — 167 167 #471
1943 — 143 143 #528
1942 — 142 142 #516
1941 — 120 120 #544
1940 — 81 81 #675
1939 — 71 71 #714
1938 — 81 81 #671
1937 — 74 74 #699
1936 — 65 65 #755
1935 — 59 59 #813
1934 — 56 56 #842
1933 — 59 59 #811
1932 — 42 42 #1,034
1931 — 34 34 #1,191
1930 — 32 32 #1,281
1929 — 24 24 #1,520
1928 — 21 21 #1,704
1927 — 21 21 #1,743
1926 — 20 20 #1,784
1925 — 19 19 #1,865
1924 — 17 17 #2,033
1923 — 18 18 #1,934
1922 — 17 17 #2,029
1921 — 17 17 #2,054
1920 — 8 8 #3,365
1919 — 8 8 #3,293
1918 — 14 14 #2,248
1917 — 9 9 #2,896
1916 — 10 10 #2,703
1915 — 8 8 #3,008
1914 — 9 9 #2,452