girls:
127 births since 2007
#5589 (2nd percentile)
boys:
6.2k births since 1919
#1495 (67th percentile)
overall:
6.3k births since 1919
#3410 (56th percentile)
The name Stone is the #3,410 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,332 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 55.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 55.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,495 (67.4% percentile) for all time with 6,205 births since 1919. For girls, it ranks #5,589 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 127 births since 2007.
Stone first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for boys and 2007 for girls). Birth data for Stone is available in 51 out of the 105 years between 1919 and 2023 (51 years for boys and 12 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Stone has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.5% of babies named Stone were boys.
For boys, Stone reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 33.1% percentile (ranked #539) with 141 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 141 births per million (ranked 33.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Stone ranks #695 for boys (23.7% percentile) with 121 births per million, which is 85.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Stone reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #921) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Stone ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 66.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Stone".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Stone is pronounced as stohn, which has 1 syllables.
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