Stokes — #7243 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Stokes

The Social Security Administration has registered 188 babies named Stokes between 1892 and 2024, spanning 133 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stokes currently holds the #7243 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stokes performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Stokes shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Stokes in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stokes in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 188 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.