Given name & surname
Stanton
“from the stone town”
Stanton is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the stone town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the stone town.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stanton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,738
- 6,738 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 115 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #3,836 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −14%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 29 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,836 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 115 in 1954. In 2025, North Carolina had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,022 as a first name in 2020; 34,407 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Stanton’s family of names
Stanton has a related form in Stantan. Stanton has a related form in Stanten. Stanton has a related form in Stantown.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Stanton
- Stanton T. FriedmanAmerican ufologist (1934–2019)
- Stanton Macdonald-WrightAmerican artist (1890-1973)
- Stanton KiddAmerican basketball player (born 1992)
- Stanton FredericksAssociation footballerborn 1978
- Stanton Heckactor (1877-1929)
- Stanton A. CoblentzAmerican author and poet1896–1982
- Stanton MooreAmerican funk, jazz, and rock drummerborn 1972
- Stanton Barrettracecar driverborn 1972
- Stanton GriffisAmerican diplomat1887–1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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