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Stavros

#5,576 in 2025Boys' name

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Stavros has been given to 1,036 babies in the U.S. since 1966. In 2025 it ranked #5,576 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 35 recorded.

Babies named Stavros, 2025

1 in 195,000

Stavros over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Stavros: meaning, origin, and history

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Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Stavros means

Stavros means “cross”, associated with stavrós.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Greek Σταύρος (Stávros), from σταυρός (stavrós, “cross”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Stavros (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Stavros is used in English.

Stavros comes through Greek Σταύρος.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Σταύρος.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,036 boys were recorded with the name Stavros between 1966 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 35 in 2007; its best national rank was #2,002 in 1977.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,401 in 2020 to #5,576 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,680 in 2015 to #5,576 in 2025.

How common is Stavros?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 195,000
17 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 100,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,576
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
135,172 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Stavros sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 135,172 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Stavros. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Stavross were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Stavros was born before 2001 — so the typical Stavros is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
23.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
50.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,036
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Choose a decade

2000s — 23.0% of all recorded uses (238).

Is Stavros rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+46
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,175
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−896
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.81×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
48.6%
Peak was 2007 (35)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,002
1977

Where Stavros is used

Across 1910–2025, Stavros was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 272,642 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Connecticut1 in —
  4. 4Florida1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6New Jersey1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Stavros has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Stavros around the world

Where Stavros ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • France
    1933–1967
    #1,576
    in 1967
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1944–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Stavros by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,576
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,175
Best rank ever
#2,002
1977
Peak year
2007
35 that year
First recorded
1966
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,036
Count in 2025
17

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Sibling names for Stavros

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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