Stockton

Where Stockton comes from

From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.
— Wiktionary's entry for Stockton
  • Old English
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1917
    First appearance
    #3,981 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2001
    Peak, #1,960
    55 babies named Stockton — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Old English.
Namesakes

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