Meaning & origin
What it means
Staton goes back to Old English stan, meaning “stone.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Staton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 116
- 116 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,161 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,161 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 234 as a first name in 2020; 13,535 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.
Staton’s family of names
In English usage, Staton as a surname has a related form in STATTON. In English usage, Staton as a surname has a related form in STATTON.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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