Stanton
Stanton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 20 births. Its best rank was 647th, in 1949.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 200.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1954115 births
- Best rank
- #647in 1949
- Since 1880
- 6,708people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,708 boys have been named Stanton in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1954, with 115 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1950s alone account for 15%. It has spent 67 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Stanton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 33 | |
| 1890s | 47 | |
| 1900s | 49 | |
| 1910s | 467 | |
| 1920s | 781 | |
| 1930s | 643 | |
| 1940s | 786 | |
| 1950s | 980 | |
| 1960s | 704 | |
| 1970s | 476 | |
| 1980s | 501 | |
| 1990s | 522 | |
| 2000s | 279 | |
| 2010s | 309 | |
| 2020s | 131 |
In 1954, its biggest year
Stanton was the 674th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1954 were Michael, Robert, James, John and David. See all of 1954.
Names that rose and fell with Stanton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lorenpeak 1955
- Myronpeak 1930
- Daviepeak 1955
- Carltonpeak 1957
- Gilbertpeak 1930
- Raoulpeak 1928
- Norrispeak 1924
- Lorinpeak 1965
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.