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Stanton

Stanton: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“stone settlement”
Origin
Old English
Say it
STAN-tən · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

From an English surname and place-name derived from Old English stān and tūn. It originally referred to a settlement marked by stone or built on stony ground.

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How popular is Stanton?

20246.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Stanton in 202420

2024 rank#4,874 boys

Peak year1927

Total US babies since 18806,708

Stanton is steady now but far below its 1927 peak.

Names like Stanton

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Wesleywestern meadow · Old English
  • Westonwestern settlement · Old English
  • Blakeblack; pale · Old English
  • Oakleyoak clearing · Old English
  • Edwardwealthy guardian · Old English
  • Ashtonash tree town · Old English
  • Kingstonking's town · Old English
  • Brandonbroom-covered hill · Old English

Stanton questions

What does the name Stanton mean?

Stanton means "stone settlement". It comes from Old English. From an English surname and place-name derived from Old English stān and tūn. It originally referred to a settlement marked by stone or built on stony ground.

Is Stanton a boy or girl name?

Stanton is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Stanton?

20 US babies were named Stanton in 2024. Its peak year was 1927.

How do you pronounce Stanton?

Stanton is usually pronounced STAN-tən.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.