Stockton

#3,314 for boys in 2025, 35 births

Peak · boys
2001 · 55 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,366
since 1917

Stockton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Stockton has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202011peak #1,960, 2001boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,31435
2024#3,04540
2023#2,95242
2022#2,83045
2021#2,49953
2020#2,21262
2019#2,69447
2018#2,57949
2017#3,24935
2016#2,22860
2015#2,38654
2014#2,51649
2013#2,25057
2012#2,27057
2011#2,66345
2010#2,57947
2009#2,75344
2008#3,28634
2007#3,25034
2006#2,65944
2005#2,75239
2004#2,74138
2003#2,78035
2002#3,02230
2001#1,96055
2000#2,42539
1999#2,86529
1998#2,23540
1997#2,39634
1996#3,10723
1995#4,28014
1994#4,80312
1993#6,8167
1992#3,92015
1991#5,9428
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five boys were named Stockton! It came in at #3,981, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1917–1990, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Stockton is popular in 2011

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedCAUtah: #299 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,259 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedHITexas: #1,796 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 25,006 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Stockton, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#299 · 1 in 1,259
  2. Texas#1,796 · 1 in 25,006

Best ever in a state: #155 in Utah, 2020.

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See more about Stockton
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 269 spots since 2024 (#3,045 → #3,314)
  • 1,102 spots since 2020 (#2,212 → #3,314)
  • 928 spots since 2015 (#2,386 → #3,314)
Rise & fade · boys
84 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 2001 at #1,960 (55 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 27,840
  • Highest: 1 in 27,840 boys born in 2020 were named Stockton (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 48,802 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,960 in 2001, was only 1 in 35,325 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 36.6% of all boys named Stockton (500) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s10#3,981 (1917)#4,075
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1940s5#3,459 (1940)#3,459
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1990s182#2,235 (1998)#4,040
2000s392#1,960 (2001)#2,763
2010s500#2,228 (2016)#2,541
2020s277#2,212 (2020)#2,809

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.

Stockton in 2011

boys
#2,663
45 births · 1 in 42,206 boys

Top boys' names in 2011

  1. #1Jacob20,403
  2. #2Mason19,530
  3. #3William17,362
  4. #4Jayden17,019
  5. #5Noah16,883
  6. #6Michael16,823
  7. #7Ethan16,702
  8. #8Alexander15,717
  9. #9Aiden15,520
  10. #10Daniel15,307
  11. #2,663Stockton45
More about 2011

boys

1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 42,206 of them was named Stockton, which outranked 81.5% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Stockton
  1. #2,626Rush46
  2. #2,626Taylan46
  3. #2,626Tyrin46
  4. #2,663Stockton45
  5. #2,663Arham45
  6. #2,663Armin45
  7. #2,663Baruch45
  8. #2,699Aldair44
  9. #2,699Alexandros44
  10. #2,699Aneesh44

Tied with 35 names at #2,663; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2010
Risers
  1. ↑ 869Flynn#1,806 → #937
  2. ↑ 601Raylan#1,299 → #698
  3. ↑ 415Brantley#735 → #320
  4. ↑ 405Bowen#1,127 → #722
  5. ↑ 328Crosby#1,068 → #740
Fallers
  1. ↓ 336Jencarlos#928 → #1,264
  2. ↓ 308Keshawn#997 → #1,305
  3. ↓ 284Octavio#928 → #1,212
  4. ↓ 268Talan#976 → #1,244
  5. ↓ 242Antony#956 → #1,198

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

See the top 100 for 2011 →