We’re naming our son [name]Stellan[/name] [name]Atlas[/name] - he’s due in [name]March[/name]. I’m terrified about this name becoming the next “[name]Stella[/name]” or worse - [name]Jayden[/name]/[name]Brayden[/name]/[name]Cayden[/name]. I’d be horrified to have a child with a mainsteam name. So far everyone we’ve told his name has replied “oh, I’ve never heard of that name,” which is exactly what I’m going for. It already feels like it’s his name, and also we both have Swedish backgrounds, so we like that about it, but when I looked it up today, it’s popularity was up 20% (yikes)! Any thoughts/clairvoyance about this would be much appreciated!
In 2011, there were only 37 boys named [name]Stellan[/name]. I think you’ll be okay.
Yeah I’m with @Southern.[name]Maple[/name]. I think [name]Stellan[/name] is a ways off from becoming the next [name]Stella[/name].
The popularity on NB has to do with how often a name is viewed. So a 20% increase just means that it was viewed 12 times instead of 10 times or something like that.
Popularity on nameberry is not popularity in reality-- it just means someone looked at the name in the database. It’s also calculated relative to a baseline-- so if the page had 1 view per month in the last year, but this week two people looked at it, the popularity will increase by 200-800%.
Seriously, I don’t think you’ve got anything to worry about. Not that I’m in the states or anything but I’ve never met anyone called [name]Stellan[/name], not even in [name]Sweden[/name].
I agree that [name]Stellan[/name] is probably not at risk of becoming the next [name]Aiden[/name]/[name]Jayden[/name] etc, but its -an ending certainly makes it feel familiar and part of the overall trend favoring -an/-en-/-yn endings.
That being said, its a very handsome and legitimate name. If you love it, go for it! [name]Atlas[/name] also make a great mn choice!
I’ve never met or heard of a [name]Stellan[/name]. And everyone has brought up really good points so far. This seems like a bit of a non-issue to me. 
[name]Every[/name] point I was going to mention has already been covered by previous posters! I don’t think that you have to worry about [name]Stellan[/name]'s popularity at all.
Yeah I absolutely don’t think [name]Stellan[/name] is at all popular, though I’m not sure why. It is a lovely name, but you should be safe. =]
Thanks everyone! All the comments are much appreciated! (I feel better :))
The only [name]Stellan[/name] I know is the actor from Mamma [name]Mia[/name]
I’ve never met a [name]Stellan[/name], and I don’t think you need to worry about it becoming too popular. I actually like it–my husband brought up that it’s a little close to “Stalin” (the dictator) so now it’s off our list. But I still think it’s a really cool, unique name!
No I don’t think it is. It isn’t even on the popularity list so I highly doubt it will be the next big name.
Only [name]Stellan[/name] I have heard of is the one actor in The Avengers. I didn’t even know that [name]Paul[/name] Bettany and [name]Jennifer[/name] Connolley used it for a son until coming onto this website. The names [name]Stellan[/name] and [name]Viggo[/name] are heavily associated with the actors now to me. They are nice, strong names though.
I highly doubt it will grow a lot in popularity. The post mentioning Scandinavian names just brings it up as a prediction. A lot of people may not use it because it is so exotic and they don’t have the ancestry for it. It isn’t even popular in [name]Sweden[/name] or other Scandinavian countries where I would assume it would be. I wouldn’t worry about it.