Stone Boy
How popular is Stone?
#915 boy name in 2025
258 baby boys were named Stone in the US in 2025, making it the 915th most popular boy name. Another 17 girls got the name (#6,545 for girls).
Stone popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #915 for boys (▲ 130 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 258 boys, 17 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+65% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,185 in 2015, #1,058 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (288 boys) |
| Highest rank | #623 in 1997 |
| First recorded | 1919 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 94% boys, 6% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Stone counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Stone family of names ranked #845 for boys in 2025 (#938 the year before), with 265 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Stone | 258 | 97% |
| Stan | 7 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Stone is most popular
Babies named Stone per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.4 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Hawaii: 0.4 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.2 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (22 boys)
Stone by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1920s | 36 | #3,530 |
| 1930s | 12 | #2,853 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,451 |
| 1970s | 15 | #3,368 |
| 1980s | 32 | #4,521 |
| 1990s | 1,445 | #623 |
| 2000s | 2,060 | #691 |
| 2010s | 1,730 | #995 |
| 2020s | 1,328 | #915 |
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Questions
- Is Stone a boy or girl name?
- Stone is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 94% of babies named Stone were boys.
- How popular is the name Stone?
- 258 baby boys were named Stone in the US in 2025, making it the 915th most popular boy name. Another 17 girls got the name (#6,545 for girls).
- When was Stone most popular?
- Stone peaked in 1999, when 288 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #623 in 1997.
- How many people are named Stone?
- 6,831 babies have been named Stone in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,685 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Stone most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Stone was most common in Utah, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.