Stetson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- STET-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #136 for boys
Stetson is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 136th for boys in the US (2,662 babies).
What does Stetson mean?
English: English surname, known from the Stetson hat
The Stetson cowboy hat is named after its maker, John B. Stetson, who founded his hat company in 1865.
Is Stetson a girl's or a boy's name?
Stetson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 girls and 2,662 boys in the US.
How popular is Stetson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #136among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,662about 1 in 640 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 339% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.2%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,662 boys in the US were named Stetson, making it the 136th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 487th. It first appears in the records in 1930. 37 girls were also named Stetson in 2025 (3,902nd for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 19 years. 2025 had the most boys named Stetson of any year since it first appeared, in 1930.
Half of all the boys named Stetson in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Stetson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,662 | #136 |
| 2024 | 2,337 | #155 |
| 2023 | 1,990 | #183 |
| 2022 | 1,465 | #238 |
| 2021 | 879 | #371 |
| 2020 | 607 | #487 |
| 2019 | 517 | #544 |
| 2018 | 468 | #586 |
| 2017 | 402 | #644 |
| 2016 | 345 | #708 |
| 2015 | 306 | #775 |
| 2014 | 272 | #829 |
| 2013 | 212 | #940 |
| 2012 | 165 | #1,115 |
| 2011 | 152 | #1,170 |
| 2010 | 145 | #1,219 |
| 2009 | 126 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 121 | #1,399 |
| 2007 | 98 | #1,593 |
| 2006 | 94 | #1,562 |
| 2005 | 94 | #1,512 |
| 2004 | 73 | #1,728 |
| 2003 | 80 | #1,575 |
| 2002 | 88 | #1,444 |
| 2001 | 76 | #1,568 |
| 2000 | 105 | #1,250 |
| 1999 | 107 | #1,192 |
| 1998 | 109 | #1,143 |
| 1997 | 122 | #1,043 |
| 1996 | 123 | #1,009 |
| 1995 | 152 | #884 |
| 1994 | 168 | #815 |
| 1993 | 159 | #832 |
| 1992 | 130 | #933 |
| 1991 | 124 | #954 |
| 1990 | 102 | #1,045 |
| 1989 | 108 | #977 |
| 1988 | 83 | #1,090 |
| 1987 | 64 | #1,200 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,298 |
| 1985 | 34 | #1,763 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,884 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
Names like Stetson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Easton Bryson Jameson Grayson Kingston Braxton Dawson Hudson Weston Ashton Colson Colton
Other spellings of Stetson
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Stetson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/stetson, updated 20 October 2026.