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A name. A world of connections.
“wanderer”
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Stian is a masculine given name documented in French, Danish, Finnish and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Stígandr, with the stated meaning “wanderer”.
Meaning: “wanderer”
Contraction of Old Norse Stígandr (“wanderer”). First recorded in Norway in the 14th century.
02 / Across borders
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6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
United States, 2015: 5 boys (rank 12086).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Stian
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | 4 | 365 | observed |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | 4 | 384 | observed |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | 4 | 415 | observed |
| 1957 | 8 | 312 | observed |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | 6 | 375 | observed |
| 1960 | 8 | 339 | observed |
| 1961 | 13 | 264 | observed |
| 1962 | 12 | 280 | observed |
| 1963 | 21 | 206 | observed |
| 1964 | 25 | 190 | observed |
| 1965 | 15 | 268 | observed |
| 1966 | 29 | 185 | observed |
| 1967 | 37 | 166 | observed |
| 1968 | 47 | 146 | observed |
| 1969 | 43 | 157 | observed |
| 1970 | 46 | 155 | observed |
| 1971 | 124 | 71 | observed |
| 1972 | 288 | 34 | observed |
| 1973 | 305 | 27 | observed |
| 1974 | 442 | 12 | observed |
| 1975 | 420 | 11 | observed |
| 1976 | 465 | 7 | observed |
| 1977 | 505 | 4 | observed |
| 1978 | 512 | 4 | observed |
| 1979 | 467 | 5 | observed |
| 1980 | 525 | 4 | observed |
| 1981 | 504 | 5 | observed |
| 1982 | 522 | 3 | observed |
| 1983 | 588 | 2 | observed |
| 1984 | 585 | 2 | observed |
| 1985 | 588 | 2 | observed |
| 1986 | 593 | 2 | observed |
| 1987 | 638 | 2 | observed |
| 1988 | 664 | 3 | observed |
| 1989 | 593 | 5 | observed |
| 1990 | 604 | 5 | observed |
| 1991 | 553 | 6 | observed |
| 1992 | 519 | 7 | observed |
| 1993 | 469 | 9 | observed |
| 1994 | 439 | 11 | observed |
| 1995 | 427 | 13 | observed |
| 1996 | 427 | 13 | observed |
| 1997 | 400 | 13 | observed |
| 1998 | 314 | 24 | observed |
| 1999 | 292 | 28 | observed |
| 2000 | 249 | 29 | observed |
| 2001 | 246 | 32 | observed |
| 2002 | 176 | 42 | observed |
| 2003 | 171 | 46 | observed |
| 2004 | 154 | 48 | observed |
| 2005 | 105 | 78 | observed |
| 2006 | 86 | 96 | observed |
| 2007 | 78 | 101 | observed |
| 2008 | 52 | 134 | observed |
| 2009 | 51 | 134 | observed |
| 2010 | 43 | 147 | observed |
| 2011 | 27 | 201 | observed |
| 2012 | 20 | 240 | observed |
| 2013 | 19 | 256 | observed |
| 2014 | 17 | 274 | observed |
| 2015 | 17 | 271 | observed |
| 2016 | 18 | 262 | observed |
| 2017 | 27 | 194 | observed |
| 2018 | 8 | 388 | observed |
| 2019 | 7 | 395 | observed |
| 2020 | 9 | 335 | observed |
| 2021 | 5 | 418 | observed |
| 2022 | 11 | 308 | observed |
| 2023 | 5 | 451 | observed |
| 2024 | 5 | 435 | observed |
| 2025 | 8 | 370 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Stian” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Norwegian association football player
Norwegian musician
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
