Stonewall — boys' name

What the Data Says About Stonewall

The Social Security Administration has registered 696 babies named Stonewall between 1880 and 2019, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Stonewall currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stonewall performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 164 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Stonewall shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Stonewall in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stonewall 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 696 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.