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Baby name
Stan
Boy
Origin of the name
Stan is a short form of Stanley or of Stanislaus.
Short-lived name
8,480births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 386rank at its peak, in 1959
Where babies named Stan are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Stan is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Stan is most common in Washington (3.2 times), California (2.5) and Missouri (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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