Stone — #1048 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Stone

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,416 babies named Stone between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stone currently holds the #1048 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 288 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stone performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,060 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Stone shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 625 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Stone in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stone 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 6,416 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.