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Boy

Stan

Stan is a boy's name, a distinctive, less common pick, that was at its most popular in the 1950s and is rarely chosen now.

EtymologyShort for Stanley
EtymologyMeaning "stony meadow"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
58
1920s
182
1930s
574
1940s
1,617
1950s
2,364
1960s
2,305
1970s
604
1980s
354
1990s
167
2000s
96
2010s
91
Peaked in the 1950s · 8,412 total U.S. births since 1900