Stan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- STAN
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Stan is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “stone clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Stan mean?
Old English: short form of Stanley, from stan 'stone' + leah 'clearing'
“stone clearing”
Also used as a short form of the Slavic name Stanislav.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Stan a girl's or a boy's name?
Stan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Stan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 29 boys.
Half of all the boys named Stan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Stan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,261 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,237 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,585 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,249 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,343 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,065 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 23 | #983 |
| 2003 | 29 | #790 |
| 2002 | 24 | #846 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,008 |
| 2000 | 21 | #862 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,016 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Stan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Stan, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 419 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Stan in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
Stan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,368 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,016 |
| 1986 | 32 | #1,871 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,884 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1982 | 35 | #1,676 |
| 1981 | 58 | #1,199 |
| 1980 | 42 | #1,475 |
| 1979 | 39 | #1,510 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,616 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,221 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,238 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,146 |
| 1974 | 53 | #1,124 |
| 1973 | 76 | #925 |
| 1972 | 73 | #943 |
| 1971 | 72 | #958 |
| 1970 | 99 | #812 |
| 1969 | 98 | #778 |
| 1968 | 121 | #685 |
| 1967 | 147 | #618 |
| 1966 | 166 | #584 |
| 1965 | 194 | #549 |
| 1964 | 249 | #500 |
| 1963 | 282 | #469 |
| 1962 | 309 | #453 |
| 1961 | 332 | #439 |
| 1960 | 406 | #391 |
| 1959 | 419 | #386 |
| 1958 | 403 | #391 |
| 1957 | 303 | #439 |
| 1956 | 247 | #482 |
| 1955 | 223 | #492 |
| 1954 | 186 | #531 |
| 1953 | 152 | #582 |
| 1952 | 145 | #577 |
| 1951 | 145 | #572 |
| 1950 | 145 | #560 |
| 1949 | 137 | #576 |
| 1948 | 212 | #458 |
| 1947 | 255 | #427 |
| 1946 | 205 | #444 |
| 1945 | 155 | #482 |
| 1944 | 167 | #470 |
| 1943 | 143 | #524 |
| 1942 | 142 | #512 |
| 1941 | 120 | #541 |
| 1940 | 81 | #673 |
| 1939 | 71 | #707 |
| 1938 | 81 | #667 |
| 1937 | 74 | #697 |
| 1936 | 65 | #747 |
| 1935 | 59 | #803 |
| 1934 | 56 | #836 |
| 1933 | 59 | #799 |
| 1932 | 42 | #1,025 |
| 1931 | 34 | #1,170 |
| 1930 | 32 | #1,259 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,692 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1924 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1923 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
Names like Stan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
James John Billy Teddy Freddie Jan Ted Bobby Thomas Tommy Robin Stanley
More Old English names
Alfie Edward Waylon Alfred Audrey Edith Wilfred Ozzy Edie Eddie Edwin Teddie Eduardo Edgar Alden Edmund
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Stan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/stan, updated 20 October 2026.