# Stanton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/stanton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈstæntən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,738 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,738 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 30, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 3,877 |
| 2012 | 33 | 3,356 |
| 2013 | 29 | 3,649 |
| 2014 | 34 | 3,291 |
| 2015 | 28 | 3,865 |
| 2016 | 43 | 2,830 |
| 2017 | 32 | 3,510 |
| 2018 | 29 | 3,780 |
| 2019 | 35 | 3,335 |
| 2020 | 22 | 4,521 |
| 2021 | 26 | 4,107 |
| 2022 | 36 | 3,328 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,100 |
| 2024 | 21 | 4,861 |
| 2025 | 29 | 3,836 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,435 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |

## People named Stanton

- Stanton T. Friedman, American ufologist (1934–2019)
- Charles Stanton Ogle, actor (1865-1940)
- Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American artist (1890-1973)
- Stanton Fredericks, Association footballer
- Stanton Heck, actor (1877-1929)
- Stanton Arthur Coblentz, American author and poet
- Stanton Moore, American funk, jazz, and rock drummer
- Jim King, American basketball player-coach

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.