How rare is the name Stanton?

4,022 people in the United States have the first name Stanton, about 1 in 75,095. It ranks #4,575 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

STANTON

#4,575

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,022
About
1 in 75,095
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,022 people named Stanton, 77% reported their origin as White, 12.1% as Black and 3.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Stanton peaked in 1954, when 115 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1954
Births that year
115
In 2025*
29 ▼75%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,738 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Stanton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,521. The largest share of babies named Stanton, 26%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#1,97733
1890s#2,22147
1900s#2,69249
1910s#1,631467
1920s#1,521781
1930s#1,581643
1940s#1,592786
1950s#1,697980
1960s#2,155704
1970s#3,068476
1980s#3,427501
1990s#4,133522
2000s#7,985279
2010s#7,833309
2020s#8,506161
Before 19011.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2717.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4517.7%
Baby boom 1946–6426%
Generation X 1965–8012.2%
Millennials 1981–9612.9%
Generation Z 1997–127.2%
2013 and later5.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Stanton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Stanton has been most common in Pennsylvania (3.6×), Illinois (2.4×), and California (2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.74×).

1,839 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Stanton

1 other first name also has 4,022 people.

#4,575 Hawa · 4,022

Either side of Stanton

#4,574 Torin · 4,023#4,575 Hawa · 4,022#4,577 Mindi · 4,021#4,577 Sueann · 4,021

Also a last name

As a last name, Stanton ranks #997 of 156,621, with 34,407 people. See Stanton as a last name

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