Stanton
Boy · STAN-tun · English
Stanton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “stone settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Stanton mean?
English: English place-name surname
“stone settlement”
From the many English villages called Stanton; Edwin Stanton was Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of War.
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Is Stanton a girl's or a boy's name?
Stanton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Stanton in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 7 boys.
Stanton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Stanton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Stanton, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 1954, with 115 boys.
Half of all the boys named Stanton in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Stanton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 35 | #3,219 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 37 | #2,520 |
| 1999 | 40 | #2,260 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 50 | #1,856 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,068 |
| 1995 | 58 | #1,583 |
| 1994 | 58 | #1,576 |
| 1993 | 48 | #1,764 |
| 1992 | 78 | #1,276 |
| 1991 | 61 | #1,446 |
| 1990 | 53 | #1,559 |
| 1989 | 57 | #1,447 |
| 1988 | 54 | #1,422 |
| 1987 | 54 | #1,365 |
| 1986 | 58 | #1,268 |
| 1985 | 53 | #1,320 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,293 |
| 1983 | 54 | #1,253 |
| 1982 | 48 | #1,361 |
| 1981 | 43 | #1,455 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 39 | #1,510 |
| 1978 | 53 | #1,229 |
| 1977 | 33 | #1,645 |
| 1976 | 32 | #1,645 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,304 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,388 |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,068 |
| 1972 | 53 | #1,120 |
| 1971 | 64 | #1,014 |
| 1970 | 62 | #1,031 |
| 1969 | 74 | #885 |
| 1968 | 66 | #884 |
| 1967 | 65 | #893 |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,090 |
| 1965 | 66 | #912 |
| 1964 | 64 | #952 |
| 1963 | 88 | #807 |
| 1962 | 78 | #855 |
| 1961 | 76 | #873 |
| 1960 | 81 | #836 |
| 1959 | 78 | #863 |
| 1958 | 84 | #819 |
| 1957 | 95 | #771 |
| 1956 | 89 | #784 |
| 1955 | 96 | #744 |
| 1954 | 115 | #671 |
| 1953 | 99 | #716 |
| 1952 | 109 | #659 |
| 1951 | 107 | #674 |
| 1950 | 108 | #670 |
| 1949 | 112 | #644 |
| 1948 | 80 | #755 |
| 1947 | 104 | #677 |
| 1946 | 86 | #700 |
| 1945 | 71 | #728 |
| 1944 | 61 | #801 |
| 1943 | 60 | #856 |
| 1942 | 73 | #748 |
| 1941 | 68 | #751 |
| 1940 | 71 | #726 |
| 1939 | 58 | #800 |
| 1938 | 66 | #752 |
| 1937 | 63 | #771 |
| 1936 | 63 | #767 |
| 1935 | 61 | #790 |
| 1934 | 60 | #798 |
| 1933 | 72 | #710 |
| 1932 | 76 | #708 |
| 1931 | 68 | #750 |
| 1930 | 56 | #885 |
| 1929 | 76 | #712 |
| 1928 | 72 | #763 |
| 1927 | 94 | #653 |
| 1926 | 76 | #731 |
| 1925 | 77 | #746 |
| 1924 | 91 | #683 |
| 1923 | 70 | #791 |
| 1922 | 65 | #850 |
| 1921 | 69 | #825 |
| 1920 | 91 | #667 |
| 1919 | 69 | #777 |
| 1918 | 72 | #761 |
| 1917 | 69 | #749 |
| 1916 | 51 | #883 |
| 1915 | 58 | #791 |
| 1914 | 54 | #697 |
| 1913 | 43 | #696 |
| 1912 | 25 | #892 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,083 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 11 | #814 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 8 | #778 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
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