Stokes
#8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 1892 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 196since 1892
Stokes over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Stokes has never cracked the top 900 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
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| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
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| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
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| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
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| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
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| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
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| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
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| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
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| 1926 | #3,385 | 7 |
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| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
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| 1922 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #2,967 | 9 |
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| 1918 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
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| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
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| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
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| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
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First appearance
1892
The first year at least five boys were named Stokes! It came in at #956, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,653 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #8,910)
- 1,695 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1892 at #956 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,339
- Highest: 1 in 20,339 boys born in 1892 were named Stokes (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 24.0% of all boys named Stokes (47) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #956 (1892) | #956 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,130 (1903) | #1,130 |
| 1910s | 28 | #2,389 (1916) | #3,232 |
| 1920s | 44 | #2,630 (1922) | #3,096 |
| 1930s | 18 | #2,864 (1931) | #3,515 |
| 1940s | 18 | #3,096 (1947) | #3,317 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 25 | #7,831 (2003) | #10,049 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,108 (2014) | #12,108 |
| 2020s | 47 | #7,257 (2024) | #9,264 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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