Stockton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- STOK-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,313 for boys
Stockton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “farmstead at an outlying place”. In 2025 it ranked 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Stockton mean?
English: English place name, Old English stoc + tun
“farmstead at an outlying place”
Stockton-on-Tees in north-east England was a terminus of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opened in 1825.
Is Stockton a girl's or a boy's name?
Stockton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Stockton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Stockton, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,212th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 62 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Stockton than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Stockton in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Stockton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,044 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,951 |
| 2022 | 45 | #2,828 |
| 2021 | 53 | #2,498 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,212 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2015 | 54 | #2,385 |
| 2014 | 49 | #2,514 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,249 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,269 |
| 2011 | 45 | #2,662 |
| 2010 | 47 | #2,578 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2008 | 34 | #3,284 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 44 | #2,658 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,737 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 55 | #1,956 |
| 2000 | 39 | #2,421 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 40 | #2,232 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
Names like Stockton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Stetson Hudson Easton Jackson Colson Boston Kingston Mason Grayson Dawson Paxton Sutton
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Stockton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/stockton, updated 20 October 2026.