# Stan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/stan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /stæn/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,480 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,480 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 411, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping of Stanley.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 14,062 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,979 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,672 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,995 |
| 2015 | 13 | 6,627 |
| 2016 | 15 | 6,016 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,478 |
| 2018 | 12 | 7,071 |
| 2019 | 10 | 8,130 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,977 |
| 2021 | 10 | 8,080 |
| 2022 | 6 | 12,121 |
| 2023 | 6 | 12,056 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,893 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,534 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 14 | 1,568 |
| 2010 | 16 | 1,483 |
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,570 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## People named Stan

- Stan Laurel, English actor (1890–1965)
- Stan Getz, American jazz saxophonist (1927–1991)
- Stan Winston, American special effects artist (1946–2008)
- Stan Musial, American baseball player (1920-2013)
- Stan Lazaridis, Australian association football player
- Stan Kroenke, American businessman
- Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker and writer (1933–2003)
- Stan Collymore, English footballer
- Stan Cullis, English footballer and manager (1916–2001)
- Stan Kirsch, American actor (1968-2020)
- Stan Van Gundy, American basketball coach
- Stan Sakai, American comic artist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.