Stockton
Recorded 1917–2025 · United States
Stockton was most popular in 2020, when 62 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,748 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,111, with 35 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,366 people named Stockton.
Stockton over time
How old is the name Stockton?
Stockton first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1917, which makes it about 108 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 38 of the 109 years since.
How many people are named Stockton?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,366 American births named Stockton between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,335 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Stockton in 2025?
35 American babies were named Stockton in 2025, ranking #7,111 that year.
Is Stockton getting more or less popular?
Stockton is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 43 births a year, against 52 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -18% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Stockton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Stockton is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,366 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Stockton?
Roughly 1,335 Americans named Stockton are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 8 and 23.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Stockton is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org