Stanton

#3,757 for boys in 2025, 29 births

Peak · boys
1949 · 112 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,738
since 1880

Stanton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Stanton has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #645, 1949boys
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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,75729
2024#4,70121
2023#4,00227
2022#3,27836
2021#4,01126
2020#4,42622
2019#3,25935
2018#3,70829
2017#3,44032
2016#2,78343
2015#3,77528
2014#3,23434
2013#3,58229
2012#3,29733
2011#3,79227
2010#4,84819
2009#4,03525
2008#3,22135
2007#4,49321
2006#3,78226
2005#4,06222
2004#3,21730
2003#3,52825
2002#3,79422
2001#2,61836
2000#2,52537
1999#2,26340
1998#2,45035
1997#1,85950
1996#2,07341
1995#1,58858
1994#1,58158
1993#1,76948
1992#1,28178
1991#1,45261
1990#1,56453
1989#1,45257
1988#1,42754
1987#1,36754
1986#1,26958
1985#1,32153
1984#1,29451
1983#1,25354
1982#1,36248
1981#1,45643
1980#1,91029
1979#1,51039
1978#1,22953
1977#1,64533
1976#1,64632
1975#1,30444
1974#1,38838
1973#1,06858
1972#1,12053
1971#1,01464
1970#1,03162
1969#88574
1968#88466
1967#89365
1966#1,09046
1965#91266
1964#95264
1963#80788
1962#85678
1961#87476
1960#83781
1959#86478
1958#82084
1957#77295
1956#78589
1955#74596
1954#672115
1953#71799
1952#660109
1951#675107
1950#671108
1949#645112
1948#75680
1947#677104
1946#70086
1945#72871
1944#80161
1943#85660
1942#74873
1941#75168
1940#72671
1939#80058
1938#75266
1937#77163
1936#76763
1935#79061
1934#79860
1933#71072
1932#70876
1931#75068
1930#88556
1929#71276
1928#76372
1927#65394
1926#73176
1925#74677
1924#68391
1923#79170
1922#85065
1921#82569
1920#66791
1919#77769
1918#76172
1917#74969
1916#88351
1915#79158
1914#69754
1913#69643
1912#89225
1911#92513
1910#85913
1909#1,0838
1908#87710
1907#81511
1906#1,1116
1905—
1904#1,0646
1903—
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1901#7798
1900—
1899#1,0515
1898#1,0026
1897#9426
1896—
1895—
1894—
1893#7688
1892#1,0665
1891#7008
1890#6679
1889#9745
1888#9176
1887—
1886—
1885—
1884#9715
1883—
1882#9435
1881#7816
1880#8096
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.

Where Stanton is popular in 1969

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedMINew York: #1,014 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 30,245 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedINOhio: #657 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 18,450 boysOHPennsylvania: #610 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 18,114 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,044 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 28,965 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedHITexas: #889 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 18,194 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Stanton, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Pennsylvania#610 · 1 in 18,114
  2. Ohio#657 · 1 in 18,450
  3. Texas#889 · 1 in 18,194
  4. New York#1,014 · 1 in 30,245
  5. California#1,044 · 1 in 28,965

Best ever in a state: #93 in Vermont, 1938.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Pennsylvania#61051 in 18,114
Ohio#65751 in 18,450
Texas#88961 in 18,194
New York#1,01451 in 30,245
California#1,04461 in 28,965
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Stanton
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s33#781 (1881)#899
1890s47#667 (1890)#885
1900s49#779 (1901)#955
1910s467#696 (1913)#803
1920s781#653 (1927)#742
1930s643#708 (1932)#773
1940s786#645 (1949)#739
1950s980#660 (1952)#738
1960s704#807 (1963)#899
1970s476#1,014 (1971)#1,296
1980s501#1,253 (1983)#1,411
1990s522#1,281 (1992)#1,788
2000s279#2,525 (2000)#3,528
2010s309#2,783 (2016)#3,572
2020s161#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.

Stanton in 1969

boys
#885
74 births · 1 in 24,165 boys

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #885Stanton74
More about 1969

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 24,165 of them was named Stanton, which outranked 82.5% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stanton
  1. #880Hollis75
  2. #880Roscoe75
  3. #880Vinson75
  4. #885Stanton74
  5. #885Brook74
  6. #885Cyrus74
  7. #885Darell74
  8. #893Burt73
  9. #893Dwaine73
  10. #893Ezra73

Tied with 7 names at #885; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1969 →