Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Stan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Stan” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Stan” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Stan” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Stan” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Stan” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Stan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Stan” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 -100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 -100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 -100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1921 17 0.000007282 17 -100%
1922 17 0.000007426 17 -100%
1923 18 0.000007818 18 -100%
1924 17 0.000007138 17 -100%
1925 19 0.000008143 19 -100%
1926 20 0.000008711 20 -100%
1927 21 0.000009054 21 -100%
1928 21 0.000009288 21 -100%
1929 24 0.000010948 24 -100%
1930 32 0.000014393 32 -100%
1931 34 0.000016157 34 -100%
1932 42 0.000019893 42 -100%
1933 59 0.000029508 59 -100%
1934 56 0.000026964 56 -100%
1935 59 0.000028231 59 -100%
1936 65 0.000031286 65 -100%
1937 74 0.000034731 74 -100%
1938 81 0.000036609 81 -100%
1939 71 0.000032222 71 -100%
1940 81 0.000035176 81 -100%
1941 120 0.000049252 120 -100%
1942 142 0.00005198 142 -100%
1943 143 0.000050663 143 -100%
1944 167 0.00006208 167 -100%
1945 155 0.000058426 155 -100%
1946 205 0.000064157 205 -100%
1947 255 0.000070788 255 -100%
1948 212 0.000061404 212 -100%
1949 137 0.000039314 137 -100%
1950 145 0.000041389 145 -100%
1951 145 0.000039362 145 -100%
1952 145 0.000038178 145 -100%
1953 152 0.000039443 152 -100%
1954 186 0.000046725 186 -100%
1955 223 0.000055541 223 -100%
1956 247 0.000059907 247 -100%
1957 303 0.000072106 303 -100%
1958 403 0.000097487 403 -100%
1959 419 0.00010077 419 -100%
1960 404 0.00009726 404 -100%
1961 332 0.000080149 332 -100%
1962 309 0.000076573 309 -100%
1963 282 0.000071245 282 -100%
1964 249 0.00006405 249 -100%
1965 194 0.000053511 194 -100%
1966 167 0.000048048 167 -100%
1967 147 0.0000433 147 -100%
1968 121 0.000035816 121 -100%
1969 98 0.000028199 98 -100%
1970 99 0.00002745 99 -100%
1971 72 0.000020977 72 -100%
1972 73 0.000023226 73 -100%
1973 76 0.000025192 76 -100%
1974 53 0.000017434 53 -100%
1975 55 0.000018216 55 -100%
1976 49 0.000016149 49 -100%
1977 52 0.00001637 52 -100%
1978 34 0.000010712 34 -100%
1979 39 0.000011722 39 -100%
1980 42 0.000012193 42 -100%
1981 58 0.000016766 58 -100%
1982 35 0.000009977 35 -100%
1983 37 0.000010683 37 -100%
1984 29 0.000008312 29 -100%
1985 30 0.000008405 30 -100%
1986 32 0.000008996 32 -100%
1987 30 0.00000832 30 -100%
1988 30 0.000008119 30 -100%
1989 30 0.000007803 30 -100%
1990 29 0.000007337 29 -100%
1991 18 0.000004621 18 -100%
1992 13 0.000003384 13 -100%
1993 22 0.000005835 22 -100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 -100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 -100%
1996 15 0.000004113 15 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 19 0.000005166 19 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 -100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 -100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 -100%
2003 12 0.000003156 12 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 -100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2010 14 0.000003788 14 -100%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2013 9 0.000002469 9 -100%
2014 12 0.000003238 12 -100%
2015 13 0.000003513 13 -100%
2016 15 0.000004089 15 -100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 -100%
2018 12 0.000003413 12 -100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%
2020 10 0.000002993 10 -100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 -100%

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