Stan

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Stan first appears in the data in 1954 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2000 with 544 babies (rank #28 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Stan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Stan yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
8PersonalityThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

8,800

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

544

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Also a character in

In Mad Men: Stan Rizzo — art director, Peggy's confidant

Famous people named Stan

Stan Laurelproducer · b. 1890
Stan Getzjazz musician · b. 1927
Stan Marshelementary school student · b. 1987
Stan Winstonfilm producer · b. 1946
Stan Musialbaseball player · b. 1920

More popular boys' names

Other boys' names starting with S

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1954	2	#49
1955	2	#728
1957	1	#923
1958	1	#977
1959	1	#913
1960	1	#1,037
1961	1	#990
1962	2	#931
1963	2	#941
1964	5	#706
1965	2	#966
1966	2	#998
1967	5	#761
1968	5	#774
1969	5	#815
1970	19	#466
1971	13	#570
1972	19	#451
1973	15	#504
1974	25	#391
1975	16	#485
1976	18	#455
1977	19	#443
1978	21	#419
1979	22	#423
1980	17	#511
1981	14	#563
1982	18	#499
1983	26	#400
1984	35	#350
1985	39	#335
1986	34	#373
1987	41	#343
1988	48	#308
1989	47	#328
1990	68	#263
1991	74	#238
1992	68	#258
1993	89	#210
1994	244	#84
1995	398	#50
1996	422	#45
1997	399	#47
1998	464	#36
1999	456	#38
2000	544	#28
2001	483	#34
2002	430	#37
2003	498	#30
2004	401	#37
2005	379	#36
2006	352	#46
2007	348	#42
2008	342	#41
2009	360	#35
2010	393	#30
2011	315	#45
2012	274	#52
2013	245	#58
2014	211	#68