Stetson

#3,903 for girls in 2025, 37 births · #136 for boys in 2025, 2,662 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 2,662 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
15,604
since 1930

Stetson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Stetson has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,90337#1362,662
2024#5,79921#1552,337
2023#5,54922#1831,990
2022#6,46418#2381,465
2021#8,46412#371879
2020#13,4536#487607
2019—#544517
2018—#586468
2017#15,9025#644402
2016—#708345
2015—#775306
2014—#829272
2013—#940212
2012—#1,115165
2011—#1,170152
2010—#1,219145
2009—#1,360126
2008—#1,399121
2007—#1,59398
2006—#1,56294
2005—#1,51494
2004—#1,73173
2003—#1,57880
2002—#1,44788
2001—#1,57276
2000—#1,253105
1999—#1,194107
1998—#1,146109
1997—#1,045122
1996—#1,011123
1995—#887152
1994—#817168
1993—#834159
1992—#936130
1991—#959124
1990—#1,049102
1989—#980108
1988—#1,09283
1987—#1,20264
1986—#1,29956
1985—#1,76434
1984—#1,88529
1983—#2,27222
1982—#2,42620
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First appearance
1930

The first year at least five boys were named Stetson! It came in at #4,001, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1930–1979, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Stetson is popular in 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #412 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,148 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Stetson, so not publishedHITexas: #657 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 8,006 boysTXFlorida: #784 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,066 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oklahoma#412 · 1 in 4,148
  2. Texas#657 · 1 in 8,006
  3. Florida#784 · 1 in 12,066

Best ever in a state: #11 in Wyoming, 2024.

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Texas#657181 in 8,006
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Stetson
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 19 spots since 2024 (#155 → #136)
  • 351 spots since 2020 (#487 → #136)
  • 639 spots since 2015 (#775 → #136)
  • Biggest jump: 175 spots in 2013 (#1,115 → #940)
  • Biggest drop: 124 spots in 1996 (#887 → #1,011)
Rise & fade · boys
95 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1930
  • Peaked 2025 at #136 (2,662 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 2013–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 642
  • Highest: 1 in 642 boys born in 2025 were named Stetson (0.16%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 63.7% of all boys named Stetson (9,940) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s5#4,001 (1930)#4,001
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1980s424#980 (1989)#1,935
1990s1,296#817 (1994)#988
2000s955#1,253 (2000)#1,501
2010s2,984#544 (2019)#853
2020s9,940#136 (2025)#262

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Stetson in 1988

boys
#1,092
83 births · 1 in 23,064 boys

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #1,092Stetson83
More about 1988

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 23,064 of them was named Stetson, which outranked 87.1% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stetson
  1. #1,083Lars84
  2. #1,083Rashard84
  3. #1,083Valentin84
  4. #1,092Stetson83
  5. #1,092Chet83
  6. #1,092Giancarlo83
  7. #1,092Lynn83
  8. #1,099Benton82
  9. #1,099Emery82
  10. #1,099Forest82

Tied with 6 names at #1,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,252Nico#4,239 → #987
  2. ↑ 1,245Ridge#2,215 → #970
  3. ↑ 668Colten#1,484 → #816
  4. ↑ 600Brantley#1,587 → #987
  5. ↑ 518Long#1,337 → #819
Fallers
  1. ↓ 362Cordaro#908 → #1,270
  2. ↓ 246Ramsey#884 → #1,130
  3. ↓ 241Yaakov#974 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 233Adrain#990 → #1,223
  5. ↓ 230Kiel#846 → #1,076

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988 →