Stanton
#3,757 for boys in 2025, 29 births
- Peak · boys
- 1949 · 112 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,738since 1880
Stanton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Stanton has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,757 | 29 |
| 2024 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2023 | #4,002 | 27 |
| 2022 | #3,278 | 36 |
| 2021 | #4,011 | 26 |
| 2020 | #4,426 | 22 |
| 2019 | #3,259 | 35 |
| 2018 | #3,708 | 29 |
| 2017 | #3,440 | 32 |
| 2016 | #2,783 | 43 |
| 2015 | #3,775 | 28 |
| 2014 | #3,234 | 34 |
| 2013 | #3,582 | 29 |
| 2012 | #3,297 | 33 |
| 2011 | #3,792 | 27 |
| 2010 | #4,848 | 19 |
| 2009 | #4,035 | 25 |
| 2008 | #3,221 | 35 |
| 2007 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #3,782 | 26 |
| 2005 | #4,062 | 22 |
| 2004 | #3,217 | 30 |
| 2003 | #3,528 | 25 |
| 2002 | #3,794 | 22 |
| 2001 | #2,618 | 36 |
| 2000 | #2,525 | 37 |
| 1999 | #2,263 | 40 |
| 1998 | #2,450 | 35 |
| 1997 | #1,859 | 50 |
| 1996 | #2,073 | 41 |
| 1995 | #1,588 | 58 |
| 1994 | #1,581 | 58 |
| 1993 | #1,769 | 48 |
| 1992 | #1,281 | 78 |
| 1991 | #1,452 | 61 |
| 1990 | #1,564 | 53 |
| 1989 | #1,452 | 57 |
| 1988 | #1,427 | 54 |
| 1987 | #1,367 | 54 |
| 1986 | #1,269 | 58 |
| 1985 | #1,321 | 53 |
| 1984 | #1,294 | 51 |
| 1983 | #1,253 | 54 |
| 1982 | #1,362 | 48 |
| 1981 | #1,456 | 43 |
| 1980 | #1,910 | 29 |
| 1979 | #1,510 | 39 |
| 1978 | #1,229 | 53 |
| 1977 | #1,645 | 33 |
| 1976 | #1,646 | 32 |
| 1975 | #1,304 | 44 |
| 1974 | #1,388 | 38 |
| 1973 | #1,068 | 58 |
| 1972 | #1,120 | 53 |
| 1971 | #1,014 | 64 |
| 1970 | #1,031 | 62 |
| 1969 | #885 | 74 |
| 1968 | #884 | 66 |
| 1967 | #893 | 65 |
| 1966 | #1,090 | 46 |
| 1965 | #912 | 66 |
| 1964 | #952 | 64 |
| 1963 | #807 | 88 |
| 1962 | #856 | 78 |
| 1961 | #874 | 76 |
| 1960 | #837 | 81 |
| 1959 | #864 | 78 |
| 1958 | #820 | 84 |
| 1957 | #772 | 95 |
| 1956 | #785 | 89 |
| 1955 | #745 | 96 |
| 1954 | #672 | 115 |
| 1953 | #717 | 99 |
| 1952 | #660 | 109 |
| 1951 | #675 | 107 |
| 1950 | #671 | 108 |
| 1949 | #645 | 112 |
| 1948 | #756 | 80 |
| 1947 | #677 | 104 |
| 1946 | #700 | 86 |
| 1945 | #728 | 71 |
| 1944 | #801 | 61 |
| 1943 | #856 | 60 |
| 1942 | #748 | 73 |
| 1941 | #751 | 68 |
| 1940 | #726 | 71 |
| 1939 | #800 | 58 |
| 1938 | #752 | 66 |
| 1937 | #771 | 63 |
| 1936 | #767 | 63 |
| 1935 | #790 | 61 |
| 1934 | #798 | 60 |
| 1933 | #710 | 72 |
| 1932 | #708 | 76 |
| 1931 | #750 | 68 |
| 1930 | #885 | 56 |
| 1929 | #712 | 76 |
| 1928 | #763 | 72 |
| 1927 | #653 | 94 |
| 1926 | #731 | 76 |
| 1925 | #746 | 77 |
| 1924 | #683 | 91 |
| 1923 | #791 | 70 |
| 1922 | #850 | 65 |
| 1921 | #825 | 69 |
| 1920 | #667 | 91 |
| 1919 | #777 | 69 |
| 1918 | #761 | 72 |
| 1917 | #749 | 69 |
| 1916 | #883 | 51 |
| 1915 | #791 | 58 |
| 1914 | #697 | 54 |
| 1913 | #696 | 43 |
| 1912 | #892 | 25 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #815 | 11 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #779 | 8 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #768 | 8 |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Stanton was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 944 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #3,757)
- 669 spots since 2020 (#4,426 → #3,757)
- 18 spots since 2015 (#3,775 → #3,757)
- Biggest jump: 307 spots in 1890 (#974 → #667)
- Biggest drop: 366 spots in 1892 (#700 → #1,066)
Rise & fade · boys
69 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1949 at #645 (112 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 72 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1910–1965
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,696
- Highest: 1 in 11,696 boys born in 1920 were named Stanton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 58,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #645 in 1949, was only 1 in 15,839 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 14.5% of all boys named Stanton (980) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 33 | #781 (1881) | #899 |
| 1890s | 47 | #667 (1890) | #885 |
| 1900s | 49 | #779 (1901) | #955 |
| 1910s | 467 | #696 (1913) | #803 |
| 1920s | 781 | #653 (1927) | #742 |
| 1930s | 643 | #708 (1932) | #773 |
| 1940s | 786 | #645 (1949) | #739 |
| 1950s | 980 | #660 (1952) | #738 |
| 1960s | 704 | #807 (1963) | #899 |
| 1970s | 476 | #1,014 (1971) | #1,296 |
| 1980s | 501 | #1,253 (1983) | #1,411 |
| 1990s | 522 | #1,281 (1992) | #1,788 |
| 2000s | 279 | #2,525 (2000) | #3,528 |
| 2010s | 309 | #2,783 (2016) | #3,572 |
| 2020s | 161 | #3,278 (2022) | #4,029 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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