boy's name

Stone

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 1
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 7,120

the United States

#915

2025 births

Stone is a boy's name with 1 syllable. In 2025 it was given to 275 babies in the United States, ranking #915. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Peaked in 1999, when 288 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 12,056 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1919.
  • 1 syllable, with the stress on syllable 1.

Stone over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,066
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Stone by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 7
1920s 36
1930s 12
1940s 5
1950s 6
1970s 15
1980s 32
1990s 1,445
2000s 2,066
2010s 1,781
2020s (to 2025) 1,426

How popular is Stone?

In 2025, Stone was given to 275 babies in the United States, ranking #915 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Stone is used

United States #915 275 in 2025
Canada #2,585 7 in 2024
England & Wales #4,190 4 in 2022
France #5,268 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Stone

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Stone also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Stone over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Stone

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Stone — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Stone

How popular is the name Stone?

In 2025, Stone was given to 275 babies in the United States, ranking #915 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Stone a girl's or a boy's name?

Stone is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Stone?

Stone has 1 syllable.

When was Stone most popular?

Stone peaked in 1999, when 288 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Stone a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Stone currently ranks #915 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.