Stan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Stan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Stan: Recorded since 1979, with a gap of 16 years, its highest recorded position is #324, and it stood at #4,107 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#324highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Stan's record

Absent from every published list for 16 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1578
1998	#1000
1999	#1383
2000	#817
2001	#1027
2002	#824
2003	#746
2004	#938
2005	#1047
2006	#1048
2007	#1252
2008	#1242
2009	#1568
2010	#1483
2011	#1522
2012	#2270
2013	#1920
2014	#1486
2015	#1279
2016	#1570
2017	#1703
2018	#2445
2019	#1316
2020	#2228
2021	#2730
2022	#1781
2023	#4107

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 3 of the 38 years from 1979 to 2016.

In 2016: #713 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1570 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1979–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #324 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1979–2016
Highest recorded position: #324 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1979 (recorded 1979–2016).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4107 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Stan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 28 ranked years and 411 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1979.

Stan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Stan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#324 (1979)	#324 (1979)	#713 (2016)	3 of 38	10 (1979–2016)	4 (2003)
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#746 (2003)	#4107 (2023)	28 of 28	411 (1996–2023)	28 (2003)

Stan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Stan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	35	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	199	10 of 10	20
2010s	144	10 of 10	14
2020s	33	4 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Stan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1979 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #324 in Republic of Ireland in 1979.

Stan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1316	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1570	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1279	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1522	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1252	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1048	21	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1047	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#938	22	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#746	28	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#824	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1027	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#817	20	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1000	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1979 and 2023, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #324, first reached in 1979.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 16 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 17 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Stacy · #178, 41y
Ståle · #55, 63y
Stanislav · #527, 22y
Stanislaw · #151, 60y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Chi · #324, 29y
Marty · #324, 30y
Aadam · #322, 29y
Ibraheem · #326, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Jefferson · #326, 28y
Rabia · #326, 44y
Racheal · #322, 31y
Shelly · #326, 29y

Stan was ranked #324 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1979. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Stan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Stan without appearing here.

Stan moved ahead of

Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1781 and #4001.
Tor Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2270 and #2270 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1920 and #3315.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Tayla Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2020 and #1458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1578 and #2022.

Moved ahead of Stan

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1461.
Gunnar Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1906.
Arne Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #2160.

Moved the opposite way to Stan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Stan went from #2020 to #4107 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Stan went from #2020 to #4107 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Stan went from #2020 to #4107 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Stan went from #2020 to #4107 while Archie went from #192 to #13.

Moved the same way as Stan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Stan went from #2020 to #4107 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Stan went from #2020 to #4107 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Stan went from #2020 to #4107 and Alan from #163 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Stan went from #2020 to #4107 and Alex from #43 to #152.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1979 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #324 in Republic of Ireland in 1979. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Stan

Stan at a glance

What stands out in Stan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Stan across 2 official records

Stan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What stands out in Stan's record

Stan across 2 official records

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Stan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Stan

Stan and the names beside it

Stan moved ahead of

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