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Stone

Boy · STOHN · English

Stone is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “stone”. In 2025 it ranked 915th for boys in the US (258 babies).

What does Stone mean?

English: English word and surname

“stone”

From the English word, also a surname for someone who lived by a notable stone.

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STOHN

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Is Stone a girl's or a boy's name?

Stone is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls and 258 boys in the US.

How popular is Stone in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 5 boys.

1996Busiest: 5 in 19962022
Stone in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20224#4,195
20210–
20203#4,803
20190–
20180–
20170–
20163#5,015
20152#6,166
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20063#4,204
20053#3,992
20040–
20030–
20020–
20015#2,326
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19965#2,094

How popular is Stone in the US?

Rank in 2025
#915among boys
Babies in 2025
258about 1 in 6,600 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 258 boys in the US were named Stone, making it the 915th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,058th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 288 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919. 17 girls were also named Stone in 2025 (6,545th for girls).

2025 had more boys named Stone than any year since 2001.

Half of all the boys named Stone in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1919Busiest: 288 in 19992025
Stone in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025258#915
2024212#1,045
2023222#992
2022229#982
2021218#1,003
2020189#1,058
2019211#995
2018177#1,107
2017185#1,066
2016178#1,102
2015156#1,185
2014178#1,082
2013163#1,115
2012139#1,266
2011168#1,101
2010175#1,098
2009198#997
2008191#1,009
2007225#892
2006192#971
2005185#945
2004183#924
2003182#912
2002202#825
2001260#691
2000242#717
1999288#626
1998285#632
1997277#623
1996228#698
1995164#839
1994100#1,131
199354#1,633
199232#2,298
199111#4,752
19906#7,171
198911#4,521
19887#5,745
19879#4,567
19860–
19850–
19845#6,311
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19786#5,056
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19719#3,368
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19546#3,450
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19425#3,559
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19367#2,853
19350–
19340–
19335#3,640
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19276#3,778
19266#3,706
19256#3,739
19246#3,865
19235#4,236
19227#3,530
19210–
19200–
19197#3,390

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