Masculine dossier · first seen 1914

Stan

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Stan
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.9% from peak

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

419

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1914Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

97.9%

2024

All-time

8,473

Stan once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 419 boys were named Stan.

In 2024, only 9 boys were given the name.

Down 97.9% from its peak.

All told, about 8,473 Americans have been named Stan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1914.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.9% from peak

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