Stan is a boy's name of English origin meaning “home of.” In 2024 it was given to 9 boys in the United States.
Stan belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “home of” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Stan first appears in Social Security records in 1914. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #386 in 1959, and in 2024 9 babies received the name — 8,473 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Stan means “home of” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Stan is a boy name. In 2024, 9 babies received the name in the US.
Stan comes from the English & American tradition.
Stan first appears in US records in 1914. Its best-ever ranking was #386 in 1959, and 9 babies were given the name in 2024.
Stan is pronounced /stæn/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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