Stanton

Where Stanton comes from

The dictionaries list Stanton as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1890
    Stanton Macdonald-Wright born
    American artist
  3. 1934
    Stanton T. Friedman born
    American ufologist
  4. 1949
    Peak, #645
    112 babies named Stanton — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,090.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Stanton T. Friedman · American ufologist, 1934–2019
  • Stanton Macdonald-Wright · American artist, 1890–1973
  • Stanton Fredericks · Association footballer, born 1978
  • Stanton Heck · actor, 1877–1929
  • Stanton Arthur Coblentz · American author and poet, 1896–1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.