Stanton
Stanton was given to 29 boys in 2025, #3,835 among boys’ names; 6,738 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,780 Americans named Stanton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (56% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 31 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Stanton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Stanton mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Stanton is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
/ˈstæntən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Stanton?
#3,835 among boys’ names, 2025
Stanton rose from #3,864 in 2015 to #3,835 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 14.6 to 17.0 per million.
115 babies in 1954, the peak
Stanton peaked in 1954, when 115 boys were given it, #673 among boys’ names. The 29 births of 2025 are 25% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,835 | 17.0 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,857 | 12.2 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,097 | 15.8 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,326 | 20.6 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,103 | 14.9 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,517 | 12.7 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,332 | 19.5 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,776 | 16.0 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,506 | 17.3 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,829 | 22.7 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 28 | #3,864 | 14.6 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,289 | 17.7 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,647 | 15.3 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,353 | 17.4 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,875 | 14.2 |
| 2010 | 19 | #5,010 | 9.9 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,143 | 12.6 |
| 2008 | 35 | #3,270 | 17.2 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,616 | 10.1 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,869 | 12.7 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,163 | 11.0 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,270 | 15.1 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,610 | 12.7 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,891 | 11.3 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,669 | 18.5 |
| 2000 | 37 | #2,566 | 18.8 |
| 1999 | 40 | #2,294 | 20.8 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,495 | 18.3 |
| 1997 | 50 | #1,877 | 26.5 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,103 | 21.6 |
| 1995 | 58 | #1,594 | 30.5 |
| 1994 | 58 | #1,600 | 30.0 |
| 1993 | 48 | #1,784 | 24.5 |
| 1992 | 78 | #1,281 | 39.1 |
| 1991 | 61 | #1,459 | 30.2 |
| 1990 | 53 | #1,577 | 25.8 |
| 1989 | 57 | #1,467 | 28.5 |
| 1988 | 54 | #1,441 | 28.2 |
| 1987 | 54 | #1,375 | 28.9 |
| 1986 | 58 | #1,281 | 31.5 |
| 1985 | 53 | #1,329 | 28.7 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,316 | 28.3 |
| 1983 | 54 | #1,263 | 30.1 |
| 1982 | 48 | #1,380 | 26.5 |
| 1981 | 43 | #1,474 | 24.0 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,958 | 16.3 |
| 1979 | 39 | #1,528 | 22.7 |
| 1978 | 53 | #1,238 | 32.3 |
| 1977 | 33 | #1,664 | 20.1 |
| 1976 | 32 | #1,672 | 20.4 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,320 | 28.2 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,406 | 24.2 |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,073 | 37.2 |
| 1972 | 53 | #1,128 | 32.7 |
| 1971 | 64 | #1,025 | 36.2 |
| 1970 | 62 | #1,040 | 33.4 |
| 1969 | 74 | #892 | 41.4 |
| 1968 | 66 | #892 | 38.0 |
| 1967 | 65 | #898 | 37.3 |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,098 | 25.8 |
| 1965 | 66 | #918 | 35.5 |
| 1964 | 64 | #957 | 32.1 |
| 1963 | 88 | #812 | 43.3 |
| 1962 | 78 | #860 | 37.7 |
| 1961 | 76 | #880 | 35.8 |
| 1960 | 81 | #839 | 38.0 |
| 1959 | 78 | #868 | 36.5 |
| 1958 | 84 | #822 | 39.6 |
| 1957 | 95 | #773 | 44.0 |
| 1956 | 89 | #790 | 42.1 |
| 1955 | 96 | #751 | 46.6 |
| 1954 | 115 | #673 | 56.4 |
| 1953 | 99 | #720 | 50.2 |
| 1952 | 109 | #666 | 56.1 |
| 1951 | 107 | #675 | 56.8 |
| 1950 | 108 | #670 | 60.3 |
| 1949 | 112 | #646 | 63.1 |
| 1948 | 80 | #757 | 45.6 |
| 1947 | 104 | #681 | 56.8 |
| 1946 | 86 | #703 | 53.0 |
| 1945 | 71 | #732 | 52.8 |
| 1944 | 61 | #808 | 44.8 |
| 1943 | 60 | #867 | 42.0 |
| 1942 | 73 | #753 | 52.9 |
| 1941 | 68 | #757 | 55.4 |
| 1940 | 71 | #728 | 61.3 |
| 1939 | 58 | #803 | 52.4 |
| 1938 | 66 | #755 | 59.5 |
| 1937 | 63 | #778 | 59.1 |
| 1936 | 63 | #773 | 60.7 |
| 1935 | 61 | #796 | 58.6 |
| 1934 | 60 | #807 | 58.1 |
| 1933 | 72 | #718 | 72.6 |
| 1932 | 76 | #718 | 72.8 |
| 1931 | 68 | #755 | 65.4 |
| 1930 | 56 | #890 | 51.0 |
| 1929 | 76 | #720 | 70.7 |
| 1928 | 72 | #766 | 65.0 |
| 1927 | 94 | #657 | 83.4 |
| 1926 | 76 | #736 | 68.4 |
| 1925 | 77 | #754 | 69.0 |
| 1924 | 91 | #685 | 80.3 |
| 1923 | 70 | #801 | 63.9 |
| 1922 | 65 | #853 | 59.7 |
| 1921 | 69 | #832 | 62.6 |
| 1920 | 91 | #673 | 85.5 |
| 1919 | 69 | #781 | 70.4 |
| 1918 | 72 | #771 | 71.0 |
| 1917 | 69 | #759 | 74.6 |
| 1916 | 51 | #887 | 57.3 |
| 1915 | 58 | #803 | 68.3 |
| 1914 | 54 | #710 | 82.5 |
| 1913 | 43 | #706 | 83.9 |
| 1912 | 25 | #911 | 58.1 |
| 1911 | 13 | #969 | 57.5 |
| 1910 | 13 | #921 | 66.9 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,145 | 48.8 |
| 1908 | 10 | #941 | 64.8 |
| 1907 | 11 | #857 | 74.9 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,233 | 45.1 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,186 | 46.8 |
| 1901 | 8 | #848 | 75.1 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,186 | 47.1 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,105 | 48.9 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,045 | 53.2 |
| 1893 | 8 | #825 | 71.2 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,235 | 41.0 |
| 1891 | 8 | #757 | 79.1 |
| 1890 | 9 | #732 | 81.1 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,096 | 45.2 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,019 | 49.6 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,106 | 43.7 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,077 | 44.0 |
| 1881 | 6 | #851 | 59.6 |
| 1880 | 6 | #899 | 54.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Stanton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Stanton has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 135 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Stanton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Stanton, and how old are they?
3,780 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 56% of the 6,738 Americans ever recorded as Stanton. The median Stanton alive today is 51 years old; half are between 31 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 4,022 people named Stanton (49 women and girls, 3,973 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,031 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 229 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,140 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 720 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 826 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 474 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 388 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Stanton born?
The states with the most babies named Stanton are California, Pennsylvania and Texas, with 53% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 367 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 357 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Texas | 242 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New York | 234 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 218 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 143 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Missouri | 40 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New Jersey | 38 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Indiana | 36 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Michigan | 27 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Stanton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Stanton
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Stanton and names like it
- Compare Stanton and MyronBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sStanton peaked in 1954.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Stanton since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Stanton: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1954The year the most babies were named Stanton.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Stanton alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with SMost given first.